FromMiddle Frenchurgence orurgent +-ence.[1]
urgence (uncountable)
- Archaic form ofurgency.
- E. Nesbit
- Yet never a printed book withstands
Theurgence of your dimpled hands.
So, though this book is for yourself,
Let mother keep it on the shelf […]
Fromurgent, with suffix-ence.
urgence f (pluralurgences)
- emergency,urgency[from 1550; rare before late 18th c.]
- en cas d’urgence ―in case ofemergency
- déclarer l’état d’urgence ―to declare a state ofemergency
- Il n’y a pasurgence. ―It's noturgent.
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