# import
## English
### Pronunciation

Noun
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmʹpôt, IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: ĭmʹpôrt, IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmʹpōrt, IPA: /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /ˈɪm.poət/
Verb
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmpôtʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: ĭmpôrtʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmpōrtʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /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)
* (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
* (uncountable) The practice of importing.
* (uncountable) Clipping of 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.
* (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
#### Verb

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
    Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
* (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

* importable
* important
* importation
* importer

##### Translations
### 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)
* (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.
* (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?
* (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.
* (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.
* (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.
* (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: [ˈɪmport]

### Noun

import m inan
* import
    Synonym: dovoz
    Antonyms: export, vývoz

#### 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), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: im‧port

### Noun

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

* (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: /ɛ̃.pɔʁ/

### Noun

import m (plural imports)
* 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: [ˈimport]
* Hyphenation: im‧port
* Rhymes: -ort

### Noun

import (plural importok)
* import

#### Related terms

* importál
* importőr

### References

* ↑ 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

* 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: [im.pɔt]
* Rhymes: -pɔt, -ɔt
* Hyphenation: im‧port

### Adjective

import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت)
* 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)
* 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)
* (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)
* 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)
* 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: /ˈim.pɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -impɔrt
* Syllabification: im‧port

### Noun

import m inan
* (economics) import (act of importing)
    Antonym: eksport
* (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)
    Antonym: eksport

#### Derived terms

* antyimportowy
* importochłonny
* importowy
* importochłonność
* importować
* zaimportować

#### Related terms

* importerski
* 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)
* import

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From English import, from Latin importare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǐmport/
* Hyphenation: i‧mport

### Noun

ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)
* import (practice of importing)
* An import (something brought in from a foreign country)

#### Declension
### References

* “import”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

import c
* import

#### 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)