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 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 ?
    Why does that matter to me?
    Que vous importe ?
    Why do you care?
    Il m’importe peu de savoir s’il a réussi.
    It doesn't matter to me whether he succeeded.
    Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.
    Her marks (UK) or grades (US) didn't matter much to her parents.

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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