urgent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
urgent (comparative more urgent, superlative most urgent)
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Translations
requiring immediate attention
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Catalan
Etymology
Adjective
urgent m or f (masculine and feminine plural urgents)
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Further reading
- “urgent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “urgent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “urgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “urgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin urgens, present participle of urgeō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
urgent (feminine urgente, masculine plural urgents, feminine plural urgentes)
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See also
Further reading
- “urgent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈur.ɡent/, [ˈʊrɡɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈur.d͡ʒent/, [ˈurd͡ʒen̪t̪]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) urgent
Piedmontese
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Pronunciation
Adjective
urgent
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