importer

See also: importér

English

Etymology

import +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

importer (plural importers)

  1. One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.
    India is the world's biggest importer of gold.
    The data importer has crashed. Did we receive a corrupted file?
    • 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
      Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importō, importāre. The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian importare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/
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Verb

importer

  1. (transitive) to import
  2. (transitive with à) to matter, to be relevant, important (to someone)
    En quoi cela m'importe-t-il ?
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    Que vous importe ?
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    Il m'importe peu de savoir s'il a réussi.
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    Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of importer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple importer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple important
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle importé
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present importe
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 importes
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 importe
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 importons
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/		 importez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/		 importent
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/
imperfect importais
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/		 importais
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/		 importait
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/		 importions
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/		 importiez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tje/		 importaient
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 importai
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/		 importas
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta/		 importa
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta/		 importâmes
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tam/		 importâtes
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tat/		 importèrent
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
future importerai
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/		 importeras
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/		 importera
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/		 importerons
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 importerez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/		 importeront
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional importerais
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 importerais
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 importerait
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 importerions
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 importeriez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/		 importeraient
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present importe
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 importes
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 importe
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 importions
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/		 importiez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tje/		 importent
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/
imperfect2 importasse
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tas/		 importasses
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tas/		 importât
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta/		 importassions
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 importassiez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/		 importassent
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — importe
/ɛ̃.pɔʁt/		 — importons
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/		 importez
/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

importer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of importō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

importer

  1. imperative of importere
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