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• Received-Pronunciation: ĭmʹpôt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
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• General-American: ĭmʹpôrt
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• General-American: /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
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• ĭmʹpōrt rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈɪm.poət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• Received-Pronunciation: ĭmpôtʹ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
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• General-American: ĭmpôrtʹ
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• General-American: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
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• ĭmʹpôrt GenAm, etymology 1 also
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• /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/ GenAm, etymology 1 also
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• ĭmpōrtʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 M P AO2 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 (“to carry, bear; convey”).

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

254 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَارِدَات (wāridāt) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Azerbaijani: idxal — something brought in from a foreign country
• Azerbaijani: import — something brought in from a foreign country
• Bulgarian: внос (vnos) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Catalan: importació — something brought in from a foreign country
• Chinese Mandarin: 進口貨 /进口货 (jìnkǒuhuò) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Chinese Mandarin: 舶來品 /舶来品 (bóláipǐn) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Chinese Mandarin: 外國貨 /外国货 (wàiguóhuò) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Dutch: import — something brought in from a foreign country
• Dutch: invoer — something brought in from a foreign country
• Finnish: tuontitavara — something brought in from a foreign country
• Finnish: importti — something brought in from a foreign country
• German: Importware — something brought in from a foreign country
• German: Importgut — something brought in from a foreign country
• Greek: εισαγωγή (eisagogí) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Gujarati: આયાત (āyāt) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Hebrew: ייבוא (y'ivu) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Hindi: आयात (āyāt) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Hungarian: import — something brought in from a foreign country
• Irish: iompórtáil — something brought in from a foreign country
• Irish: allmhaire — something brought in from a foreign country
• Japanese: 輸入品 (yunyūhin) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Korean: 수입품 (su'ip'pum) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Macedonian: у́воз (úvoz) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Iranian Persian: وارِدات (vâredât) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Polish: import — something brought in from a foreign country
• Portuguese: importados — something brought in from a foreign country
• Russian: и́мпорт (ímport) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: у́воз — something brought in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝмпорт — something brought in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: úvoz — something brought in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: ìmport — something brought in from a foreign country
• Spanish: importación — something brought in from a foreign country
• Swedish: import — something brought in from a foreign country
• Swedish: införsel — something brought in from a foreign country
• Tajik: воридот (voridot) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Turkish: ithal — something brought in from a foreign country
• Ukrainian: і́мпорт (ímport) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Urdu: آیات (āyāt) — something brought in from a foreign country
• Welsh: mewnforyn — something brought in from a foreign country
• Albanian: import — practice of importing
• Arabic: اِسْتِيرَاد (istīrād) — practice of importing
• Arabic: تَوْرِيد (tawrīd) — practice of importing
• Armenian: ներմուծում (nermucum) — practice of importing
• Azerbaijani: idxal — practice of importing
• Belarusian: і́мпарт (ímpart) — practice of importing
• Belarusian: уво́з (uvóz) — practice of importing
• Bengali: আমদানি (amdani) — practice of importing
• Bulgarian: внос (vnos) — practice of importing
• Bulgarian: импо́рт (impórt) — practice of importing
• Burmese: ဝင်ကုန် (wangkun) — practice of importing
• Burmese: သွင်းကုန် (swang:kun) — practice of importing
• Chinese Cantonese: 進口 /进口 (zeon3 hau2) — practice of importing
• Chinese Cantonese: 輸入 /输入 (syu1 jap6) — practice of importing
• Chinese Mandarin: 進口 /进口 (jìnkǒu) — practice of importing
• Chinese Mandarin: 輸入 /输入 (shūrù) — practice of importing
• Czech: dovoz — practice of importing
• Czech: import — practice of importing
• Danish: import — practice of importing
• Danish: indførsel — practice of importing
• Dutch: import — practice of importing
• Dutch: invoer — practice of importing
• Estonian: import — practice of importing
• Finnish: tuonti — practice of importing
• Finnish: maahantuonti — practice of importing
• French: importation — practice of importing
• Georgian: იმპორტი (imṗorṭi) — practice of importing
• German: Import — practice of importing
• German: Einfuhr — practice of importing
• Greek: εισαγωγή (eisagogí) — practice of importing
• Hebrew: יְבוּא (yevú) — practice of importing
• Hindi: आयात (āyāt) — practice of importing
• Hungarian: importálás — practice of importing
• Hungarian: behozatal — practice of importing
• Hungarian: import — practice of importing
• Icelandic: innflutningur — practice of importing
• Indonesian: impor — practice of importing
• Irish: allmhairiú — practice of importing
• Irish: iompórtáil — practice of importing
• Italian: importazione — practice of importing
• Japanese: 輸入 (yunyū) — practice of importing
• Kazakh: импорт (import) — practice of importing
• Khmer: អាហរ័ណ (ʼaahaʼran) — practice of importing
• Khmer: ការនាំចូល (kaa nŏəm coul) — practice of importing
• Korean: 수입 (su'ip) — practice of importing
• Kyrgyz: импорт (import) — practice of importing
• Lao: ການນໍາເຂົ້າ (kān nam khao) — practice of importing
• Latvian: imports — practice of importing
• Lithuanian: importas — practice of importing
• Macedonian: увезу́вање (uvezúvanje) — practice of importing
• Macedonian: у́воз (úvoz) — practice of importing
• Macedonian: и́мпорт (ímport) — practice of importing
• Malay: import — practice of importing
• Mongolian: импорт (import) — practice of importing
• Norwegian Bokmål: import — practice of importing
• Pashto: توريد (tawrīd) — practice of importing
• Iranian Persian: وارِدات (vâredât) — practice of importing
• Polish: import — practice of importing
• Polish: przywóz — practice of importing
• Portuguese: importação — practice of importing
• Romanian: import — practice of importing
• Romanian: importare — practice of importing
• Russian: и́мпорт (ímport) — practice of importing
• Russian: ввоз (vvoz) — practice of importing
• Serbo-Croatian: у́воз — practice of importing
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝмпорт — practice of importing
• Serbo-Croatian: úvoz — practice of importing
• Serbo-Croatian: ìmport — practice of importing
• Slovak: dovoz — practice of importing
• Slovak: import — practice of importing
• Slovene: uvoz — practice of importing
• Spanish: importación — practice of importing
• Swedish: import — practice of importing
• Swedish: införsel — practice of importing
• Tajik: воридот (voridot) — practice of importing
• Tatar: импорт (import) — practice of importing
• Thai: การนําเข้า (gaan-nam-kâo) — practice of importing
• Turkish: ithalat — practice of importing
• Turkmen: import — practice of importing
• Ukrainian: і́мпорт (ímport) — practice of importing
• Ukrainian: ввіз (vviz) — practice of importing
• Ukrainian: вве́зення (vvézennja) — practice of importing
• Ukrainian: імпортува́ння (importuvánnja) — practice of importing
• Urdu: اِمْپورْٹ (imporṭ) — practice of importing
• Urdu: دَر آمَد (dar āmad) — practice of importing
• Urdu: آیات (āyāt) — practice of importing
• Uyghur: ئىمپورت (import) — practice of importing
• Uzbek: import — practice of importing
• Vietnamese: nhập khẩu — practice of importing
• Welsh: mewnforio — practice of importing
• Dutch: invoervergunning — licence for import
• Macedonian: уво́зница (uvóznica) — licence for import
• Serbo-Croatian: у́возница — licence for import
• Serbo-Croatian: úvoznica — licence for import
• Bulgarian: сми́съл (smísǎl) — significance, importance
• Bulgarian: значе́ние (značénie) — significance, importance
• Dutch: belang — significance, importance
• Dutch: gewicht — significance, importance
• Finnish: tärkeys — significance, importance
• Finnish: merkityksellisyys — significance, importance
• Macedonian: сми́сла (smísla) — significance, importance
• Macedonian: зна́чење (znáčenje) — significance, importance
• Portuguese: importância — significance, importance
• Portuguese: significância — significance, importance
• Russian: смысл (smysl) — significance, importance
• Russian: значе́ние (značénije) — significance, importance
• Scottish Gaelic: susbaint — significance, importance
• Spanish: importancia — significance, importance
• Spanish: significado — significance, importance
• Swedish: vikt — significance, importance
• Swedish: betydelse — significance, importance
• Ukrainian: зна́чення (znáčennja) — significance, importance
• Urdu: اَہْمِیَت (ahmiyat) — significance, importance
• Urdu: مَطْلَب (matlab) — significance, importance
• Welsh: pwys — significance, importance
• Arabic: اِسْتَوْرَدَ (istawrada) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Arabic: وَرَّدَ (warrada) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Armenian: ներմուծել (nermucel) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Armenian: ներածել (neracel) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Asturian: importar — to bring in from a foreign country
• Azerbaijani: idxal etmək — to bring in from a foreign country
• Azerbaijani: gətizdirmək — to bring in from a foreign country
• Belarusian: імпартава́ць (impartavácʹ) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Bulgarian: внасям (vnasjam) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Burmese: တင်သွင်း (tangswang:) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Catalan: importar — to bring in from a foreign country
• Chinese Mandarin: 進口 /进口 (jìnkǒu) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Chinese Mandarin: 輸入 /输入 (shūrù) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Czech: dovézt — to bring in from a foreign country
• Danish: importere — to bring in from a foreign country
• Danish: indføre — to bring in from a foreign country
• Dutch: invoeren — to bring in from a foreign country
• Dutch: importeren — to bring in from a foreign country
• Esperanto: importi — to bring in from a foreign country
• Estonian: importima — to bring in from a foreign country
• Estonian: (sisse) tooma — to bring in from a foreign country
• Finnish: tuoda (maahan) — to bring in from a foreign country
• French: importer — to bring in from a foreign country
• Galician: importar — to bring in from a foreign country
• Georgian: იმპორტირება (imṗorṭireba) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Georgian: აიმპორტირებს (aimṗorṭirebs) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Georgian: იმპორტირებას უწევს (imṗorṭirebas uc̣evs) — to bring in from a foreign country
• German: importieren — to bring in from a foreign country
• German: einführen — to bring in from a foreign country
• Greek: εισάγω (eiságo) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Hebrew: ייבא (yibé) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Hindi: आयात करना (āyāt karnā) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Hungarian: importál — to bring in from a foreign country
• Icelandic: flytja inn — to bring in from a foreign country
• Ido: importacar — to bring in from a foreign country
• Indonesian: mengimpor — to bring in from a foreign country
• Irish: iompórtáil — to bring in from a foreign country
• Irish: allmhairigh — to bring in from a foreign country
• Italian: importare — to bring in from a foreign country
• Japanese: 輸入する (yunyū-suru) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Kazakh: импорттау (importtau) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Khmer: នាំចូល (nŏəm coul) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Korean: 수입하다 (su'iphada) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Lao: ນໍາເຂົ້າ (nam khao) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Latin: advectō — to bring in from a foreign country
• Latvian: importēt — to bring in from a foreign country
• Lithuanian: importúoti — to bring in from a foreign country
• Lithuanian: įvèžti — to bring in from a foreign country
• Luxembourgish: aféieren — to bring in from a foreign country
• Luxembourgish: importéieren — to bring in from a foreign country
• Macedonian: у́везе (úveze) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Macedonian: уве́зува (uvézuva) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Macedonian: вне́се (vnése) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Macedonian: вне́сува (vnésuva) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Polish: zapożyczać — to bring in from a foreign country
• Polish: zapożyczyć — to bring in from a foreign country
• Polish: importować — to bring in from a foreign country
• Polish: zaimportować — to bring in from a foreign country
• Portuguese: importar — to bring in from a foreign country
• Romanian: importa — to bring in from a foreign country
• Russian: импорти́ровать (importírovatʹ) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Russian: ввози́ть (vvozítʹ) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Russian: ввезти́ (vveztí) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: увести — to bring in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: увозити — to bring in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: ùvesti — to bring in from a foreign country
• Serbo-Croatian: uvòziti — to bring in from a foreign country
• Slovene: uvoziti — to bring in from a foreign country
• Slovene: uvažati — to bring in from a foreign country
• Spanish: importar — to bring in from a foreign country
• Swedish: importera — to bring in from a foreign country
• Swedish: föra in — to bring in from a foreign country
• Thai: นําเข้า (nam-kâo) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Ukrainian: імпортува́ти (importuváty) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Ukrainian: уво́зити (uvózyty) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Ukrainian: вво́зити (vvózyty) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Ukrainian: увезти́ (uveztý) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Ukrainian: ввезти́ (vveztý) — to bring in from a foreign country
• Vietnamese: nhập khẩu — to bring in from a foreign country
• Vietnamese: nhập cảng — to bring in from a foreign country
• Welsh: mewnforio — to bring in from a foreign country
• Bulgarian: зареждам (zareždam) — to load files into a computer from another source
• Esperanto: importi — to load files into a computer from another source
• French: importer — to load files into a computer from another source
• Icelandic: flytja inn — to load files into a computer from another source
• Macedonian: импорти́ра (importíra) — to load files into a computer from another source
• Macedonian: вчи́тува (včítuva) — to load files into a computer from another source
• Māori: kawe mai — to load files into a computer from another source
• Polish: importować — to load files into a computer from another source
• Polish: zaimportować — to load files into a computer from another source
• Russian: импортировать (importirovatʹ) — to load files into a computer from another source
• Serbo-Croatian: uvoziti — to load files into a computer from another source
• Serbo-Croatian: uvesti — to load files into a computer from another source
• Esperanto: gravi — to be important
• French: importer — to be important
• French: compter — to be important
• Spanish: importar — to be important
• Welsh: bod yn bwysig — to be important
• Welsh: bod o bwys — to be important