avaler, v.n., to go down, drop off (the river with the stream).
s’avaler, v.r., to flag, to hang down, to fall down or in; to be swallowed.
avalette, n.f., a sort of float (angling).
avaleur, n.m., swallower, glutton. — de pois gris; a great glutton. — de charrettes ferrées; a braggadocio.
avaloire, n.f., a large throat or swallow; (saddlery) breeching; (hat making) stamper.
avançage, n.m., cab stand, stand.
avance, n.f., advance, start, distance in advance; projection, prominence; advance-money; first step, offer; gain, benefit. Il a quatre lieues d’— sur moi; he is four leagues ahead of me. Faire une — de mille écus; to advance a thousand crowns. Faire les —s d’une entreprise; to advance the funds for an enterprise. Faire des —s; to make advances to. Prendre l’—; to get the start. D’—; beforehand. Payer d’—; to pay beforehand. Prévenir d’—; to warn beforehand. À l’—, en —, par —; beforehand, before one’s time, by anticipation.
avancé, -e, part., advanced; forward, early; late (of the hour). Un homme — en âge; an elderly man. Un jeune homme fort —; a very forward youth. Les arbres sont —s; the trees are forward. Je n’en suis pas plus —; I am not a bit the better off for it. Viande —e; meat which is getting bad. Me voilà bien —! that’s all I get for my pains; I am in a pretty predicament.
avancée, n.f., (milit.) advance guard.
avancement (-mān), n.m., progress, advancement; improvement; preferment, promotion, rise.