import
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmʹpôt, IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: ĭmʹpôrt, IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmʹpōrt, IPA(key): /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.poət/
Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmpôtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔːt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) enPR: ĭmpôrtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmpōrtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpoət/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).
Noun[edit]
import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)
- (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
- (uncountable) The practice of importing.
- (uncountable) Significance, importance.
- It was a matter of great import.
- (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
Synonyms[edit]
- (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight
Antonyms[edit]
- (practice of importing): export
- (something brought in from a foreign country): export
- insignificance
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)
- (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
- Antonym: export
- (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- Antonym: export
- How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:import.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.
Verb[edit]
import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)
- (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury
- See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury
- (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
- 1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
- This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 6484883, (please specify the page number):
- If I endure it, what imports it you?
- (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
- 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:
- It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
- 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:
- (transitive) To mean, signify.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):
- Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
- (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- “import”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
import m inan
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- import in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- import in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- import in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)
- Geographical import.
- (Netherlands, collective) A person or people who is/are not native to a city, village or region, but moved there from outside.
Synonyms[edit]
- (import): invoer
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Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
import m (plural imports)
- Geographical import
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “import”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English import.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
import (plural importok)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | import | importok |
accusative | importot | importokat |
dative | importnak | importoknak |
instrumental | importtal | importokkal |
causal-final | importért | importokért |
translative | importtá | importokká |
terminative | importig | importokig |
essive-formal | importként | importokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | importban | importokban |
superessive | importon | importokon |
adessive | importnál | importoknál |
illative | importba | importokba |
sublative | importra | importokra |
allative | importhoz | importokhoz |
elative | importból | importokból |
delative | importról | importokról |
ablative | importtól | importoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
importé | importoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
importéi | importokéi |
Possessive forms of import | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | importom | importjaim |
2nd person sing. | importod | importjaid |
3rd person sing. | importja | importjai |
1st person plural | importunk | importjaink |
2nd person plural | importotok | importjaitok |
3rd person plural | importjuk | importjaik |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- import in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “import” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)
References[edit]
- “import” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
import m inan
- (economics) import (act of importing)
- Antonym: eksport
- (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)
- Antonym: eksport
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- import in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- import in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from importa
Noun[edit]
import n (plural importuri)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) import | importul | (niște) importuri | importurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) import | importului | (unor) importuri | importurilor |
vocative | importule | importurilor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English import, from Latin importare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “import” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
import c
Declension[edit]
Declension of import | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | import | importen | — | — |
Genitive | imports | importens | — | — |
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- pl:Economics
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