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# urgent — French to English

How French *urgent* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: urgent (27 633), urgente (12 376), urgentes (6 802), urgents (8 537). By style: everyday 98 · literary 1 · parliamentary 5 056 · legal and administrative 1 289 · UN documents 48 904.

## urgent

Used about 43 247 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 85 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 4 082 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 128 · UN documents ≈ 37 952). Forms: urgent, urgently. Meaning: [urgent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/urgent/).

- Est-ce si **urgent** ?
  Is it that **urgent**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2648507](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2648507) [\#5391225](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5391225))

- Pour qu'il eût annoncé sa visite dans la soirée, il fallait qu'il s'agît d'une chose **urgente** et importante; et les quatre Roland se regardèrent, troublés par cette nouvelle comme le sont les gens de fortune modeste à toute intervention d'un notaire, qui éveille une foule d'idées de contrats, d'héritages, de procès, de choses désirables ou redoutables.
  For him to send word that he would call in the evening, something **urgent** and important must be in the wind; and the four Rolands looked at each other, disturbed by the announcement as folks of small fortune are wont to be at any intervention of a lawyer, with its suggestions of contracts, inheritance, lawsuits—all sorts of desirable or formidable contingencies.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 193)

- C'est une nécessité **urgente**.
  That is an **urgent** requirement.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 364522)

- Avis et rapports **urgents**
  **Urgent** opinions and reports
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2064911)

- **Urgent** appeal sent on 28 February 2005
  **Urgent** appeal sent on 28 February 2005
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15667618)

## pressing

Used about 4 735 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 395 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 4 330). Meaning: [pressing in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pressing/).

- Est-ce quelque chose d'**urgent** ?
  Is it something **pressing**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2064682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2064682) [\#4550277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4550277))

- Il avait manifestement d’autres affaires **urgentes**.
  Obviously he had some other **pressing** business.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 590590)

- L'un des problèmes les plus **urgents** auxquels l'Europe doit faire face est celui du manque d'emplois et de perspectives pour les jeunes.
  One of the most **pressing** problems Europe is facing is the lack of jobs and opportunities for young people.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3773751)

- Pour nous, les questions que cela soulève sont **urgentes**.
  For us the issues it raises are **pressing**.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 1685781)

- Nous avons des choses plus **urgentes** à discuter.
  We have more **pressing** things to discuss.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5620377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5620377) [\#5620393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5620393))

## need

Used about 1 134 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 105 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 1 019). Forms: need, needs. Meaning: [need in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/need/).

- J'ai un besoin **urgent** d'argent.
  I'm in dire **need** of money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#2267222](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2267222) [\#11918227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11918227))

- Il est **urgent** de prendre des décisions, surtout dans des domaines comme celui de la protection des données.
  Decisions **need** to be taken, especially in areas such as data protection.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 424094)

- L’entreprise avait un besoin **urgent** de liquidités qui ne pouvait pas être couvert par ses propres ressources.
  The company had an acute liquidity **need** which it could not overcome by its own resources.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2488818)

- Il faudra également tenir compte des besoins **urgents** en matière de reconstruction.
  Attention will also **need** to be given to emergency reconstruction.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8330717)

- Tu as un besoin **urgent** de vacances.
  You desperately **need** a holiday.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sicerabibax and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12002109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12002109) [\#4486676](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4486676))

## most

Used about 13 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 13). Meaning: [most in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/most/).

- Il s’agit de l’action la plus **urgente** en ce qui concerne les négociations du partenariat transatlantique de commerce et d’investissement (TTIP).
  This is of **most** immediate concern in connection with the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4130679)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tom a dit que c'était **urgent**.
  Tom said it was an emergency.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2643187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2643187) [\#2847070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2847070))

- Dites-lui que c'est **urgent**.
  Tell him it's an emergency.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3908046](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3908046) [\#12431153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12431153))

- Elle était très timide à propos de son problème **urgent**, et elle demanda au gynécologue de bien vouloir l'examiner.
  She was very shy about her emergency problem, and asked the gynecologist to please examine her.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and GlossaMatik · checked, community translation · [\#20138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20138) [\#9312](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9312))

## Grammar

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