urgence
English edit
Noun edit
urgence (uncountable)
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.