urgence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French urgence or urgent + -ence.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
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
References
[edit]- ^ “urgence, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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]Descendants
[edit]- → Persian: اورژانس (uržâns)
Further reading
[edit]- “urgence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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