urgences
French, noun/yʁ.ʒɑ̃s/
urgences is spelled U-R-G-E-N-C-E-S (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urgences is a French feminine noun meaning “emergency department, emergency room, accident and emergency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of urgence. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Service hospitalier accueillant les personnes nécessitant des soins immédiats”.
What does urgences mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of urgence
- 2
feminineemergency department, emergency room, accident and emergency
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Service hospitalier accueillant les personnes nécessitant des soins immédiats.
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.
How do you pronounce urgences?
- /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 urgences
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urgences in French?
urgences appears 11 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).