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urgence

/ˈɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/

urgence is the archaic form of urgency.

Meaning of urgency

Noun

urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)

  1. The quality or condition of being urgent.
    • the urgency of a demand
  2. Insistence, pressure, urge.
    • I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
  3. A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.

Origin of urgence

From Middle French urgence or urgent + -ence.

Words that rhyme with urgence

Questions about urgence

What is urgence the archaic form of?
Urgence is the archaic form of urgency.
How do you pronounce urgence?
Urgence is pronounced /ˈɜː(ɹ)dʒəns/.

Words near urgence in the dictionary

  1. urge on
  2. urge to merge
  3. urged
  4. urged on
  5. urgedst
  6. urgence
  7. Urgench
  8. urgencies
  9. urgency
  10. urgent
  11. urgent care

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Adapted from Wiktionary: urgence (page history and authors); urgency (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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