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See also: importér

English

Etymology

From import +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

importer

  1. (transitive) to import
  2. (impersonal) to matter, to be relevant, to be important
    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 , 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

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Noun

importer m

  1. indefinite plural of import

Verb

importer

  1. imperative of importere
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