What does urgence in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word urgence in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use urgence in French.

The word urgence in French means urgency, emergency, emergency, accident and emergency, accident and emergency department, casualty, casualty department, emergency call, emergency stop, emergency stop button, hard shoulder, emergency telephone, SOS call box, urgent, urgently, urgently, with all urgency, as a matter of urgency, as a matter of priority, in case of emergency, urgently, emergency, emergency situation, state of emergency, emergency measure, emergency plan, work under pressure, work to tight deadlines. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word urgence

urgency

nom féminin (nécessité d'agir vite)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le gouvernement semble avoir sous-estimé l'urgence de la situation.
The government seems to have underestimated the urgency of the situation.

emergency

nom féminin (chose à traiter très rapidement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Désolée, je dois partir, j'ai une urgence.
I'm afraid I have to leave urgently.

emergency

nom féminin (état pathologique grave)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La condition de ce blessé est une urgence.
This casualty's condition is an emergency.

accident and emergency, accident and emergency department, casualty, casualty department

nom féminin pluriel (service hospitalier) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les blessés de l'accident ont été envoyés aux urgences.
The casualties from the accident were sent straight to A&E.

emergency call

nom masculin (signal d'alarme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

emergency stop

nom masculin (arrêt de sécurité) (driving manoeuvre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le conducteur effectua un arrêt d'urgence pour évacuer le bus.

emergency stop button

nom masculin (coupure générale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En cas de fuite de gaz, tourner l’arrêt d'urgence.

hard shoulder

nom féminin (voie de sécurité sur autoroute) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il est interdit de rouler ou de stationner sur la bande d'arrêt d'urgence.

emergency telephone, SOS call box

nom féminin (téléphone de secours)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

urgent

locution adjectivale (qui doit être fait immédiatement)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les « coups de poing » sont des dispositifs d'arrêt mécanique d'urgence.

urgently

locution adverbiale (rapidement)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Ce patient doit être opéré d'urgence. La conductrice du véhicule accident a été amenée d'urgence à l'hôpital.

urgently

locution adverbiale (dans la précipitation)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Devant l'ampleur de la catastrophe, il fallut prendre des décisions dans l'urgence.

with all urgency, as a matter of urgency, as a matter of priority

locution adverbiale (immédiatement) (formal)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Docteur, vous devez me suivre de toute urgence : un patient est en train de se vider de son sang !

in case of emergency

locution adverbiale (si absolue nécessité)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

urgently

locution adverbiale (de façon rapide et imprévue)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

emergency, emergency situation

nom masculin (situation critique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

state of emergency

nom masculin (Politique : mesures policières)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

emergency measure

nom féminin (décision parant au plus pressé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

emergency plan

nom masculin (procédure en cas de catastrophe)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les plans d'urgence prévoient l'organisation des évacuations et l’intervention des secours.

work under pressure, work to tight deadlines

locution verbale (ne pas avoir le temps de réfléchir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Faute d'effectif suffisant, on travaille souvent dans l'urgence.

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