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import

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English

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Etymology 1

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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”).

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import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)

  1. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
  2. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
  3. (uncountable) Significance, importance.
    It was a matter of great import.
    • 2023 December 27, Christian Wolmar, “Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 999, page 26:
      There is, too, a little mentioned aspect of the tunnel which contributes to its failings. You never see the sea while approaching it from either the British or French side. That takes away from the import of the journey - a historic link between Britain and the continent. Instead, it is just a tunnel.
  4. (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
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  • (antonym(s) of “practice of importing”): export
  • (antonym(s) of “something brought in from a foreign country”): export
  • insignificance
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import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

  1. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
    Antonym: export
    Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
  2. (transitive, computing) 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?
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Etymology 2

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From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.

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import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

  1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
    • 1661, Thomas Salusbury, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
  2. (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, (please specify the page number):
      If I endure it, what imports it you?
  3. (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.
  4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
  5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
    • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
  6. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
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Czech

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Noun

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import m inan

  1. import
    Synonym: dovoz
    Antonyms: export, vývoz

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Declension of import (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative import importy
genitive importu importů
dative importu importům
accusative import importy
vocative importe importy
locative importu importech
instrumental importem importy
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Further reading

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  • “import”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “import”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “import”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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Etymology

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Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɔrt/
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  • Hyphenation: im‧port

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import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)

  1. Geographical import.
  2. (Netherlands, collective) A person or people who is/are not native to a city, village or region, but moved there from outside.

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  • → Indonesian: impor
  • → West Frisian: ymport

French

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Etymology

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Deverbal from importer.

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import m (plural imports)

  1. import
    Coordinate term: export

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English import.[1]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈimport]
  • Hyphenation: im‧port
  • Rhymes: -ort

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import (plural importok)

  1. import

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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
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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English import, 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”).

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import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت)

  1. Being imported.
    Antonym: eksport
    beras import ― imported rice

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import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت, plural import-import, informal 1st possessive importku, 2nd possessive importmu, 3rd possessive importnya)

  1. The action or process of importing; importation, import.
    Antonym: eksport
    Import mengatasi eksport di negara ini.
    The import tops the export in this country.

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import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت, active mengimport, 3rd person passive diimport)

  1. (transitive) To import.
    Antonym: eksport
    Produk ini telah diimport dari China.
    This product was imported from China.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English or German.

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import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)

  1. import
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English or German.

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import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)

  1. import

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō.

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import m inan

  1. (economics) import (act of importing)
    Antonym: eksport
  2. (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)
    Antonym: eksport

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Declension of import
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nominative import
genitive importu
dative importowi
accusative import
instrumental importem
locative imporcie
vocative imporcie

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Further reading

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  • import in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • import in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from importa

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import n (plural importuri)

  1. import

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Declension of import
singular plural
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

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Etymology

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From English import, from Latin importare.

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  • IPA(key): /ǐmport/
  • Hyphenation: i‧mport

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ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)

  1. import (practice of importing)
  2. An import (something brought in from a foreign country)

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Declension of import
singular plural
nominative import importi
genitive importa importa
dative importu importima
accusative import importe
vocative importe importi
locative importu importima
instrumental importom importima

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  • “import” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

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import c

  1. import

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Declension of import 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative import importen — —
Genitive imports importens — —

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