noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
India is the world's biggest importer of gold.
The data importer has crashed. Did we receive a corrupted file?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English import Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English importer From import + -er.
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
importues
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Arabic:
مُسْتَوْرِد
(mustawrid)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Arabic:
مُسْتَوْرِدَة
(mustawrida)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Armenian:
ներմուծող
(nermucoġ)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Azerbaijani:
idxalçı
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Belarusian:
імпарцёр
(imparcjór)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Bulgarian:
вноси́тел
(vnosítel)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Catalan:
importador
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Catalan:
importadora
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Chinese Cantonese:
進口商 /进口商
(zeon3 hau2 soeng1)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Chinese Mandarin:
進口商 /进口商
(jìnkǒu shāng)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Czech:
dovozce
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Czech:
importér
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Danish:
importør
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Dutch:
importeur
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Estonian:
importija
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Finnish:
maahantuoja
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
French:
importateur
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
French:
importatrice
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Georgian:
იმპორტიორი
(imṗorṭiori)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
German:
Importeur
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Greek:
εισαγωγέας
(eisagogéas)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Hindi:
आयातक
(āyātak)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Hindi:
आयातकर्ता
(āyātkartā)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Hindi:
इम्पॉर्टर
(impŏrṭar)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Hungarian:
importőr
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Icelandic:
innflytjandi
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Indonesian:
importir
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Irish:
allmhaireoir
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Irish:
iompórtálaí
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Italian:
importatore
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Italian:
importatrice
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Japanese:
輸入業者
(yunyū gyōsha)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Kazakh:
импорттаушы
(importtauşy)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Khmer:
អាហារិន
(ʼaahaarɨn)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Khmer:
ឈ្មួញនាំចូល
(chmuəñ nŏəm coul)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Korean:
수입업자
(su'ibeopja)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Korean:
수입사
(su'ipsa)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Kyrgyz:
импортёр
(importyor)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Lao:
ຜູ້ນໍາເຂົ້າ
(phū nam khao)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Latvian:
importētājs
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Lithuanian:
importuotojas
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Macedonian:
увозник
(uvoznik)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Manx:
kionneyder stiagh
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Mongolian:
импортлогч
(importlogč)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Norwegian Bokmål:
importør
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Norwegian Nynorsk:
importør
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Persian:
وارِدکُنَندِه
(vâredkonande)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Polish:
importer
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Portuguese:
importador
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Portuguese:
importadora
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Romanian:
importator
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Russian:
импортёр
(importjór)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Serbo-Croatian:
у́вознӣк
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Serbo-Croatian:
úvoznīk
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Slovak:
dovozca
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Slovak:
importér
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Slovene:
uvoznik
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Spanish:
importador
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Spanish:
importadora
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Swedish:
importör
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Tagalog:
tagaangkat
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Tajik:
импортёр
(importyor)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Tajik:
воридкунанда
(voridkunanda)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Tatar:
импортчы
(importçı)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Thai:
ผู้นําเข้า
(pûu-nam-kâo)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Turkish:
ithalatçı
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Turkmen:
importçy
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Ukrainian:
імпорте́р
(importér)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Urdu:
اِمْپوْرٹَر
(imporṭar)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Uyghur:
ئىمپورتچى
(importchi)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Uyghur:
ئىمپورتېر
(importër)
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Uzbek:
importyor
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Uzbek:
importchi
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Vietnamese:
người nhập khẩu
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Vietnamese:
cơ quan nhập khẩu
— a person or company who imports goods into a country
Vietnamese:
nước nhập khẩu
— a person or company who imports goods into a country