urger

See also: Urger

English

Etymology

urge + -er

Noun

urger (plural urgers)

  1. One who urges.
    • 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland, page 195:
      [] the contrivers, maintainers, and urgers of the service-book, and other grievous innovations []

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Back-formation from urgent; compare Latin urgeō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yʁ.ʒe/
  • (file)

Verb

urger

  1. (usually impersonal, informal) to be urgent
    Synonym: presser
    Dépêche-toi, ça urge !Hurry up, it's urgent!

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse this verb with English to urge, which is usually transitive and has an active subject.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written urge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular. Personal forms are occasionally found, and conjugate like manger.

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