(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmpōrtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpoət/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishimporten, from Old Frenchemporter, importer, from Latinimportō(“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in(“in, at, on; into”) + portō(“I carry, bear; convey”).
Noun
import (countable and uncountable, pluralimports)
(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
(uncountable) The practice of importing.
(uncountable) Significance, importance.
(countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
(antonym(s) of "something brought in from a foreign country"):export
insignificance
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
import (third-person singular simple presentimports, present participleimporting, simple past and past participleimported)
(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
For quotations using this term, see Citations:import.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Italianimportare, and Frenchimporter, from Latinimportō.
Verb
import (third-person singular simple presentimports, present participleimporting, simple past and past participleimported)
(intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
(transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
(transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
(transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
(transitive) To mean, signify.
(transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
Translations
References
John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “import”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɪmport]
Noun
importm inan
import
Synonym:dovoz
Antonyms:export, vývoz
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
import in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
import in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
import in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Etymology
Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from Englishimport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɔrt/
Hyphenation: im‧port
Noun
importm (pluralimporten, diminutiveimportjen)
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
(import):invoer
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "import"):export, uitvoer
Derived terms
importbruid
importgoederen
importhandel
Related terms
importeur
Descendants
→ Indonesian: impor
→ West Frisian: ymport
French
Etymology
Deverbal from importer.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɔʁ/
Noun
importm (pluralimports)
import
Coordinate term:export
Derived terms
import-export
Related terms
importation
Further reading
“import”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
promit, promît, rompit, rompît
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishimport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈimport]
Hyphenation: im‧port
Rhymes: -ort
Noun
import (pluralimportok)
import
Declension
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References
Further reading
import in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN