import

See also: Import

English

Pronunciation

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 (Southern England):

    (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

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

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.

Synonyms

• (the practice of importing): importation
• (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “practice of importing”): export
• (antonym(s) of “something brought in from a foreign country”): export
• insignificance

Derived terms

• invisible import
• parallel import
• reverse import

 

Translations

something brought in from a foreign country

• Arabic: وَارِدَات pl (wāridāt)
• Azerbaijani: idxal, import
• Bulgarian: внос (bg) m (vnos)
• Catalan: importació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 進口貨 / 进口货 (jìnkǒuhuò), 舶來品 / 舶来品 (zh) (bóláipǐn), 外國貨 / 外国货 (zh) (wàiguóhuò)

• Dutch: import (nl), invoer (nl)
• Finnish: tuontitavara, importti (slang)
• German: Importware (de) f, Importgut (de) n
• Greek: εισαγωγή (el) f (eisagogí)
• Hebrew: ייבוא m (y'ivu)
• Hindi: आयात (hi) m (āyāt)
• Hungarian: import (hu)
• Irish: iompórtáil, allmhaire f
• Japanese: 輸入品 (ゆにゅうひん, yunyūhin)
• Korean: 수입품(輸入品) (ko) (su'ip'pum)
• Macedonian: у́воз m (úvoz)
• Persian: واردات (fa) (vâredât)
• Polish: import (pl) m
• Portuguese: importados m pl
• Russian: и́мпорт (ru) m (ímport)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у́воз m, ѝмпорт m

  Roman: úvoz (sh) m, ìmport (sh) m

• Spanish: importación (es) f
• Swedish: import (sv) c, införsel (sv) c
• Tajik: воридот (voridot)
• Turkish: ithal (tr)
• Ukrainian: і́мпорт (uk) m (ímport)
• Welsh: mewnforyn m

practice of importing

• Albanian: import (sq) m
• Arabic: اِسْتِيرَاد m (istīrād), تَوْرِيد m (tawrīd)
• Armenian: ներմուծում (hy) (nermucum)
• Azerbaijani: idxal
• Belarusian: і́мпарт m (ímpart), уво́з m (uvóz)
• Bengali: আমদানি (bn) (amdani)
• Bulgarian: внос (bg) m (vnos), импо́рт (bg) m (impórt)
• Burmese: ဝင်ကုန် (my) (wangkun), သွင်းကုန် (my) (swang:kun)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 進口 / 进口 (zeon³ hau²), 輸入 / 输入 (syu¹ jap⁶)

  Mandarin: 進口 / 进口 (zh) (jìnkǒu), 輸入 / 输入 (zh) (shūrù)

• Czech: dovoz (cs) m, import (cs) m
• Danish: import (da) c, indførsel c
• Dutch: import (nl), invoer (nl)
• Estonian: import (et)
• Finnish: tuonti (fi), maahantuonti (fi)
• French: importation (fr) f
• Georgian: იმპორტი (imṗorṭi)
• German: Import (de) m, Einfuhr (de) f
• Greek: εισαγωγή (el) f (eisagogí)
• Hebrew: יְבוּא m (yevú)
• Hindi: आयात (hi) m (āyāt)
• Hungarian: importálás (hu), behozatal (hu), import (hu)
• Icelandic: innflutningur (is) m
• Indonesian: impor (id)
• Irish: allmhairiú m, iompórtáil f
• Italian: importazione (it) f
• Japanese: 輸入 (ja) (ゆにゅう, yunyū)
• Kazakh: импорт (import)
• Khmer: អាហរ័ណ (km) (ʼaahaʼran), ការនាំចូល (kaa nŏəm coul)
• Korean: 수입(輸入) (ko) (su'ip)
• Kyrgyz: импорт (ky) (import)
• Lao: ການນໍາເຂົ້າ (kān nam khao)
• Latvian: imports m
• Lithuanian: importas (lt) m
• Macedonian: увезу́вање n (uvezúvanje), у́воз m (úvoz), и́мпорт m (ímport)
• Malay: import
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: импорт (mn) (import)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: import m

• Pashto: توريد (ps) m (tawrīd)
• Persian: واردات (fa) (vâredât)
• Polish: import (pl) m, przywóz (pl) m
• Portuguese: importação (pt) f
• Romanian: import (ro) n, importare (ro) f
• Russian: и́мпорт (ru) m (ímport), ввоз (ru) m (vvoz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у́воз m, ѝмпорт m

  Roman: úvoz (sh) m, ìmport (sh) m

• Slovak: dovoz (sk) m, import m
• Slovene: uvoz m
• Spanish: importación (es) f
• Swedish: import (sv) c, införsel (sv) c
• Tajik: воридот (voridot)
• Tatar: импорт (import)
• Thai: การนำเข้า (th) (gaan-nam-kâo)
• Turkish: ithalat (tr)
• Turkmen: import
• Ukrainian: і́мпорт (uk) m (ímport), ввіз (uk) m (vviz), вве́зення (uk) n (vvézennja), імпортува́ння n (importuvánnja)
• Urdu: اِمْپوْرٹ (imporṭ)
• Uyghur: ئىمپورت (import)
• Uzbek: import (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhập khẩu (vi)
• Welsh: mewnforio (cy) m

licence for import

• Dutch: invoervergunning
• Macedonian: уво́зница f (uvóznica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у́возница f

  Roman: úvoznica (sh) f

significance, importance

• Bulgarian: сми́съл (bg) m (smísǎl), значе́ние (bg) n (značénie)
• Dutch: belang (nl) n, gewicht (nl) n
• Finnish: tärkeys (fi), merkityksellisyys (fi)
• Macedonian: сми́сла f (smísla), зна́чење n (znáčenje)
• Portuguese: importância (pt) f, significância (pt) f
• Russian: смысл (ru) m (smysl), значе́ние (ru) n (značénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: susbaint f
• Spanish: importancia (es) f, significado (es) m
• Swedish: vikt (sv) c, betydelse (sv) c
• Ukrainian: зна́чення (uk) n (znáčennja)
• Welsh: pwys m

Verb

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?

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:import.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• importable
• important
• importation
• importer

Translations

to bring in from a foreign country

• Arabic: اِسْتَوْرَدَ (istawrada), وَرَّدَ (ar) (warrada)
• Armenian: ներմուծել (hy) (nermucel), ներածել (hy) (neracel)
• Asturian: importar
• Azerbaijani: idxal etmək
• Belarusian: імпартава́ць impf or pf (impartavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: внасям (bg) (vnasjam)
• Burmese: တင်သွင်း (my) (tangswang:)
• Catalan: importar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 進口 / 进口 (zh) (jìnkǒu), 輸入 / 输入 (zh) (shūrù)

• Czech: dovézt
• Dutch: invoeren (nl), importeren (nl)
• Esperanto: importi (eo)
• Estonian: importima, (sisse) tooma
• Finnish: tuoda (maahan)
• French: importer (fr)
• Galician: importar
• German: importieren (de), einführen (de)
• Greek: εισάγω (el) (eiságo)
• Hebrew: ייבא (yibé)
• Hindi: आयात करना (āyāt karnā)
• Hungarian: importál (hu)
• Ido: importacar (io)
• Indonesian: mengimpor (id)
• Irish: iompórtáil, allmhairigh
• Italian: importare (it)
• Japanese: 輸入する (ゆにゅうする, yunyū-suru)
• Kazakh: импорттау (importtau)
• Khmer: នាំចូល (km) (nŏəm coul)
• Korean: 수입하다 (ko) (su'iphada)
• Lao: ນໍາເຂົ້າ (nam khao)
• Latin: advectō
• Latvian: importēt
• Lithuanian: importúoti, įvèžti
• Luxembourgish: aféieren, importéieren
• Macedonian: у́везе pf (úveze), уве́зува impf (uvézuva), вне́се pf (vnése), вне́сува impf (vnésuva)
• Polish: zapożyczać impf, zapożyczyć (pl) pf, importować (pl) impf, zaimportować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: importar (pt)
• Romanian: importa (ro)
• Russian: импорти́ровать (ru) impf or pf (importírovatʹ), ввози́ть (ru) impf (vvozítʹ), ввезти́ (ru) pf (vveztí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: увести pf, увозити impf

  Roman: ùvesti (sh) pf, uvòziti (sh) impf

• Slovene: uvoziti pf, uvažati impf
• Spanish: importar (es)
• Swedish: importera (sv), föra in (sv)
• Thai: นำเข้า (th) (nam-kâo)
• Ukrainian: імпортува́ти (importuváty); уво́зити (uvózyty), вво́зити (uk) impf (vvózyty), увезти́ (uveztý), ввезти́ pf (vveztý)
• Vietnamese: nhập khẩu (vi) (入口), nhập cảng (vi)
• Welsh: mewnforio (cy)

to load files into a computer from another source

• Bulgarian: зареждам (bg) (zareždam)
• Esperanto: importi (eo)
• French: importer (fr)
• Macedonian: импорти́ра (importíra), вчи́тува (včítuva)
• Maori: kawe mai
• Polish: importować (pl) impf, zaimportować (pl) pf
• Russian: импортировать (ru) (importirovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: uvoziti (sh) impf, uvesti (sh) pf

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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).
   • 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:

     It much imports your house That all should be made clear.

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.

Translations

to be important

• Esperanto: gravi
• French: importer (fr), compter (fr)
• Spanish: importar (es)
• Welsh: bod yn bwysig, bod o bwys

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

import m inan

1. import

   Synonym: dovoz

   Antonyms: export, vývoz

Declension

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

Related terms

• importér
• importní
• importovat

 

Further reading

• “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)

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪm.pɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: im‧port

Noun

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

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

import m (plural imports)

1. 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 English import.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

import (plural importok)

1. import

Declension

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

Related terms

• importál
• importőr

 

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

Malay

Alternative forms

• impot (1924-1972)
• impor (Indonesia)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [im.pɔt]
• Rhymes: -pɔt, -ɔt
• Hyphenation: im‧port

Adjective

import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت)

1. Being imported.

   Antonym: eksport

   beras import ― imported rice

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Affixations

• pengimport (“importer”)
• pengimportan (“importation, import”)

 

Further reading

• “import” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English or German.

Noun

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

1. import

Related terms

• importere

References

• “import” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English or German.

Noun

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

1. import

References

• “import” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.pɔrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -impɔrt
• Syllabification: im‧port

Noun

import m inan

1. (economics) import (act of importing)

   Antonym: eksport

2. (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)

   Antonym: eksport

Declension

Declension of import

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• antyimportowy
• importochłonny
• importowy

 

noun

• importochłonność

 

verbs

• importować
• zaimportować

 

Related terms

adjectives

• importerski

 

noun

• importer

 

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from importa

Noun

import n (plural importuri)

1. import

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	import	importul		importuri	importurile
genitive-dative	import	importului		importuri	importurilor
vocative	importule			importurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English import, from Latin importare.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)

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

Declension

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

References

• “import”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Noun

import c

1. import

Declension

Declension of import

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	import	imports
	definite	importen	importens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Synonyms

• införsel

Antonyms

• export

Derived terms

• importförbud
• importtillstånd
• importtull

Related terms

• importera

References

• import in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• import in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• import in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)