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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ɪmˈphɔːʔn̩ʔ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ɪmˈphɔːtənt̚]
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt/
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• Canada, General-American: [ɪmˈphɔɹʔn̩t]
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• Canada, General-American: [ɪmˈphɔɹʔn̩ʔ]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹ.tənt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɪmˈpoə.tənt/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɪmˈpɔɹ.ɾənt/ US, T-Flapping
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P AO1 R T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English hēah and hefiġ.

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: belangrik — having relevant and crucial value
• Albanian: rëndësishëm — having relevant and crucial value
• Arabic: مُهِمّ (muhimm) — having relevant and crucial value
• Arabic: مهم (muhimm) — having relevant and crucial value
• Arabic: مُهِم (muhimm) — having relevant and crucial value
• Aragonese: important — having relevant and crucial value
• Aramaic: חסינא (ħasīna) — having relevant and crucial value
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ (ānanqāyā) — having relevant and crucial value
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ (ālṣāyā) — having relevant and crucial value
• Armenian: կարեւոր (karewor) — having relevant and crucial value
• Asturian: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Azerbaijani: mühüm — having relevant and crucial value
• Azerbaijani: vacib — having relevant and crucial value
• Azerbaijani: önəmli — having relevant and crucial value
• Azerbaijani: əhəmiyyətli — having relevant and crucial value
• Balinese: mabuat — having relevant and crucial value
• Balinese: gati — having relevant and crucial value
• Bashkir: мөһим (möhim) — having relevant and crucial value
• Basque: garrantzitsu — having relevant and crucial value
• Belarusian: ва́жны (vážny) — having relevant and crucial value
• Bengali: গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (guruttopurno) — having relevant and crucial value
• Bulgarian: ва́жен (vážen) — having relevant and crucial value
• Burmese: အရေးကြီး (a.re:kri:) — having relevant and crucial value
• Catalan: important — having relevant and crucial value
• Chinese Cantonese: 緊要 /紧要 (gan2 jiu3) — having relevant and crucial value
• Chinese: 重要 (zh-min-nan) — having relevant and crucial value
• Chinese: 要緊 /要紧 (zh-min-nan) — having relevant and crucial value
• Chinese Mandarin: 重要 (zhòngyào) — having relevant and crucial value
• Czech: důležitý — having relevant and crucial value
• Danish: vigtig — having relevant and crucial value
• Dutch: belangrijk — having relevant and crucial value
• Egyptian: wr:r (wr) — having relevant and crucial value
• Esperanto: grava — having relevant and crucial value
• Estonian: tähtis — having relevant and crucial value
• Estonian: oluline — having relevant and crucial value
• Extremaduran: emportanti — having relevant and crucial value
• Faroese: umráðandi — having relevant and crucial value
• Finnish: tärkeä — having relevant and crucial value
• French: important — having relevant and crucial value
• West-Frisian: wichtich — having relevant and crucial value
• Galician: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Georgian: მნიშვნელოვანი (mnišvnelovani) — having relevant and crucial value
• German: wichtig — having relevant and crucial value
• Greek: σημαντικός (simantikós) — having relevant and crucial value
• Haitian Creole: enpòtan — having relevant and crucial value
• Hebrew: חָשׁוּב (khashúv) — having relevant and crucial value
• Hindi: महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇ) — having relevant and crucial value
• Hindi: अहम (aham) — having relevant and crucial value
• Hindi: ज़रूरी (zarūrī) — having relevant and crucial value
• Hungarian: fontos — having relevant and crucial value
• Icelandic: mikilvægur — having relevant and crucial value
• Ido: importanta — having relevant and crucial value
• Indonesian: penting — having relevant and crucial value
• Ingrian: vaažnoi — having relevant and crucial value
• Interlingua: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Irish: tábhachtach — having relevant and crucial value
• Irish: mórluachach — having relevant and crucial value
• Italian: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Japanese: 重要 (jūyō) — having relevant and crucial value
• Japanese: 大切 (taisetsu) — having relevant and crucial value
• Judeo-Italian: גְרַאנוֹ — having relevant and crucial value
• Kannada: ಮುಖ್ಯ (mukhya) — having relevant and crucial value
• Kazakh: маңызды (mañyzdy) — having relevant and crucial value
• Khmer: សំខាន់ (somkən) — having relevant and crucial value
• Korean: 중요하다 (jung'yohada) — having relevant and crucial value
• Central Kurdish: گرنگ (gring) — having relevant and crucial value
• Northern Kurdish: giring — having relevant and crucial value
• Northern Kurdish: fer — having relevant and crucial value
• Kyrgyz: маанилүү (maanilüü) — having relevant and crucial value
• Kyrgyz: олуттуу (oluttuu) — having relevant and crucial value
• Lao: ສໍາຄັນ — having relevant and crucial value
• Latin: gravis — having relevant and crucial value
• Latin: magnus — having relevant and crucial value
• Latvian: svarīgs — having relevant and crucial value
• Latvian: nozīmīgs — having relevant and crucial value
• Lithuanian: svarbus — having relevant and crucial value
• Louisiana Creole: importan — having relevant and crucial value
• Louisiana Creole: gro — having relevant and crucial value
• Luxembourgish: wichteg — having relevant and crucial value
• Macedonian: ва́жен (vážen) — having relevant and crucial value
• Macedonian: зна́чаен (znáčaen) — having relevant and crucial value
• Malay: penting — having relevant and crucial value
• Malayalam: അതിപ്രധാനമായ (atipradhānamāya) — having relevant and crucial value
• Malayalam: മുഖ്യമായ (mukhyamāya) — having relevant and crucial value
• Malayalam: ഗൗരവമുള്ള (gauravamuḷḷa) — having relevant and crucial value
• Malayalam: ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള (uyaṟnna padaviyiluḷḷa) — having relevant and crucial value
• Maltese: importanti — having relevant and crucial value
• Māori: tiketike — having relevant and crucial value
• Māori: matua — having relevant and crucial value
• Māori: hira — having relevant and crucial value
• Māori: mātuatua — having relevant and crucial value
• Māori: pūwhero — having relevant and crucial value
• Māori: pūwhewhero — having relevant and crucial value
• Mauritian Creole: inportan — having relevant and crucial value
• Mirandese: amportante — having relevant and crucial value
• Mongolian: чухал (čuxal) — having relevant and crucial value
• Navajo: tsʼídá bíhólníihgo — having relevant and crucial value
• Nepali: महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇa) — having relevant and crucial value
• Norman: împortant — having relevant and crucial value
• Norwegian: alvorlig — having relevant and crucial value
• Norwegian: betydelig — having relevant and crucial value
• Norwegian: viktig — having relevant and crucial value
• Occitan: important — having relevant and crucial value
• Odia: ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ (gurutbapurṇṇa) — having relevant and crucial value
• Old English: hefiġ — having relevant and crucial value
• Pannonian Rusyn: важни (važni) — having relevant and crucial value
• Pannonian Rusyn: значни (značni) — having relevant and crucial value
• Persian: مهم (mohemm) — having relevant and crucial value
• Persian: کرامند (kirāmand) — having relevant and crucial value
• Plautdietsch: wichtich — having relevant and crucial value
• Polish: ważny — having relevant and crucial value
• Portuguese: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Punjabi: ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ (mahattavpūran) — having relevant and crucial value
• Romanian: important — having relevant and crucial value
• Russian: ва́жный (vážnyj) — having relevant and crucial value
• Russian: зна́чимый (znáčimyj) — having relevant and crucial value
• Samoan: tāua — having relevant and crucial value
• Sanskrit: गुरु (guru) — having relevant and crucial value
• Sanskrit: अत्यावश्यक (atyāvaśyaka) — having relevant and crucial value
• Scottish Gaelic: cudromach — having relevant and crucial value
• Serbo-Croatian: важан — having relevant and crucial value
• Serbo-Croatian: važan — having relevant and crucial value
• Sinhalese: වැදගත් (wædagat) — having relevant and crucial value
• Slovak: dôležitý — having relevant and crucial value
• Slovene: pomémben — having relevant and crucial value
• Slovene: važen — having relevant and crucial value
• Lower Sorbian: wažny — having relevant and crucial value
• Upper Sorbian: wažny — having relevant and crucial value
• Spanish: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Swahili: muhimu — having relevant and crucial value
• Swedish: viktig — having relevant and crucial value
• Swedish: betydelsefull — having relevant and crucial value
• Tagalog: mahalagá — having relevant and crucial value
• Tajik: муҳим (muhim) — having relevant and crucial value
• Tamil: முக்கியம் (mukkiyam) — having relevant and crucial value
• Tamil: பிரதானம் (piratāṉam) — having relevant and crucial value
• Tamil: பாரதூரம் (pāratūram) — having relevant and crucial value
• Telugu: ముఖ్యమైన (mukhyamaina) — having relevant and crucial value
• Tetum: importante — having relevant and crucial value
• Thai: สําคัญ (sǎm-kan) — having relevant and crucial value
• Thai: เอ้ (ây) — having relevant and crucial value
• Tibetan: གལ་ཆེན་པོ (gal chen po) — having relevant and crucial value
• Tongan: mahuʻinga — having relevant and crucial value
• Turkish: önemli — having relevant and crucial value
• Turkish: mühim — having relevant and crucial value
• Turkmen: dahylly — having relevant and crucial value
• Turkmen: möhüm — having relevant and crucial value
• Ukrainian: важли́вий (važlývyj) — having relevant and crucial value
• Ukrainian: значни́й (značnýj) — having relevant and crucial value
• Ukrainian: важни́й (važnýj) — having relevant and crucial value
• Urdu: اہم (aham) — having relevant and crucial value
• Uzbek: muhim — having relevant and crucial value
• Vietnamese: quan trọng — having relevant and crucial value
• Vietnamese: trọng yếu — having relevant and crucial value
• Volapük: veütik — having relevant and crucial value
• Walloon: impôrtant — having relevant and crucial value
• Walloon: consecant — having relevant and crucial value
• Welsh: pwysig — having relevant and crucial value
• Yiddish: וויכטיק (vikhtik) — having relevant and crucial value
• Yiddish: חשובֿ (khoshev) — having relevant and crucial value
• Zazaki: mihim — having relevant and crucial value