urgence
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
urgence (uncountable)
- Archaic form of urgency.
- E. Nesbit
- Yet never a printed book withstands
The urgence of your dimpled hands.
So, though this book is for yourself,
Let mother keep it on the shelf […]
- Yet never a printed book withstands
- E. Nesbit
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From urgent, with suffix -ence.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
urgence f (plural urgences)
- emergency, urgency [from 1550; rare before late 18th c.]
- en cas d’urgence ― in case of emergency
- déclarer l’état d’urgence ― to declare a state of emergency
- Il n’y a pas urgence. ― It's not urgent.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “urgence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.