urgence
French, noun/yʁ.ʒɑ̃s/
urgence is spelled U-R-G-E-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urgence is a French feminine noun meaning “emergency, urgency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est urgent”.
What does urgence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemergency, urgency
en cas d'urgence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est urgent. 2. Service hospitalier qui traite les cas les plus urgents.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of urgence
- urgences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urgence?
- /yʁ.ʒɑ̃s/
- \yʁ.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urgence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urgence in French?
urgence appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).