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Webster 1913 Edition
Importer
Im-port′er
,Noun.
One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; – opposed to
exporter
. Webster 1828 Edition
Importer
IMPO'RTER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
importer
importer
See also: importér
English
Noun
importer (plural importers)
- 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.
Translations
a person or company who imports goods into a country
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French
Etymology
From Latin importō, importāre. Development of the second sense occurred under influence from Italian importare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/
Verb
importer
- (transitive) to import
- (intransitive, with non-pronominal "person to whom" preceded by the preposition à) to matter, to be relevant, important
- Il m'importe peu de savoir s'il a réussi.
- Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.
Related terms
- importation
- n'importe qui, n'importe quoi
- peu importe
See also
- peu me chaut
Conjugation
Conjugation of importer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | importer | avoir importé | |||||
| gerund | en important | en ayant importé | |||||
| present participle | important /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | importé /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | importai /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
importas /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
importa /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
importâmes /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tam/ |
importâtes /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tat/ |
importèrent /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | importe /ɛ̃.pɔʁt/ |
importes /ɛ̃.pɔʁt/ |
importe /ɛ̃.pɔʁt/ |
importions /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
importiez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
importent /ɛ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | importe /ɛ̃.pɔʁt/ |
— | importons /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
importez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
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