urgent

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Equivalent to urge +‎ -ent. Related to German würgen (“to strangle”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string, tighten, constrict”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”), Polish otwierać (“to open”)) and English worry, wring, wreak, wreck. === Pronunciation === (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/ Hyphenation: ur‧gent Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt === Adjective === urgent (comparative more urgent, superlative most urgent) Requiring immediate attention. Synonyms: pressing, needly, clamant, burning Of people: insistent, solicitous. ==== Usage notes ==== The primary meaning of urgent is as a description of a pressing need. Especially in journalistic contexts, it is sometimes used by transference to describe the thing needed, or to mean "happening very soon", which some deem erroneous. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== urge ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Gunter, gunter, gurnet == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin urgentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [urˈʒen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [urˈʒent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [uɾˈd͡ʒent] === Adjective === urgent m or f (masculine and feminine plural urgents) urgent ==== Derived terms ==== urgentment ==== Related terms ==== urgència urgir === Further reading === “urgent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “urgent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “urgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “urgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French urgent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʏrˈɣɛnt/ Hyphenation: ur‧gent Rhymes: -ɛnt === Adjective === urgent (comparative urgenter, superlative urgentst) urgent Synonym: dringend ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “urgent”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin urgentem, present participle of urgeō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /yʁ.ʒɑ̃/ === Adjective === urgent (feminine urgente, masculine plural urgents, feminine plural urgentes) urgent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== pressé === Further reading === “urgent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊr.ɡɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈur.d͡ʒent] === Verb === urgent third-person plural present active indicative of urgeō == Piedmontese == === Alternative forms === ürgent === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /yrˈd͡ʒɛŋt/ === Adjective === urgent urgent == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French urgent, from Latin urgens. === Adjective === urgent m or n (feminine singular urgentă, masculine plural urgenți, feminine/neuter plural urgente) urgent ==== Declension ====