different between import vs padrone

English

Pronunciation

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?m?pôt, IPA^(key): /??m.p??t/
• (General American) enPR: ?m?pôrt, IPA^(key): /??m.p??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?m?p?rt, IPA^(key): /??m.po(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??m.po?t/

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?mpôt?, IPA^(key): /?m?p??t/
• (General American) enPR: ?mpôrt?, IPA^(key): /?m?p??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?mp?rt?, IPA^(key): /?m?po(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?m?po?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Etymology 1

From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin import? (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + port? (“I carry, bear; convey”).

Noun

import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)

1. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
2. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
3. (uncountable) Significance, importance.

4. (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.

Synonyms

• (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight

Antonyms

• (practice of importing): export
• (something brought in from a foreign country): export
• insignificance

Translations

Verb

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

1. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

   Antonym: export

2. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.

   Antonym: export

   How can I import files from older versions of this application?

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:import.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin import?.

Verb

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
   • 1661, Thomas Salusbury

     See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.

2. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
   • If I endure it, what imports it you?

3. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
   • 1762, David Hume, The History of England:

     It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.

4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
   • 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:

     It much imports your house That all should be made clear.

5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.

6. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “import”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??mport]

Noun

import m inan

1. import

   Synonym: dovoz

   Antonyms: export, vývoz

Related terms

• importér
• importní
• importovat

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.p?rt/
• Hyphenation: im?port

Noun

import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)

1. Geographical import.
2. (Netherlands, collective) A person or people who is/are not native to a city, village or region, but moved there from outside.

Synonyms

• (import): invoer

Antonyms

• (import): export, uitvoer

Derived terms

• importbruid
• importgoederen
• importhandel

Related terms

• importeur

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: impor
• ? West Frisian: ymport

French

Noun

import m (plural imports)

1. Geographical import

Derived terms

• importeur m

Further reading

• “import” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• promit, promît, rompit, rompît

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English import.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?import]
• Hyphenation: im?port
• Rhymes: -ort

Noun

import (plural importok)

1. import

Declension

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English or German

Noun

import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)

1. import

Related terms

• importere

References

• “import” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English or German

Noun

import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)

1. import

References

• “import” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin import?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?im.p?rt/

Noun

import m inan

1. (economics) import (act of importing)

   Antonym: eksport

2. (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)

   Antonym: eksport

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) importowa?, zaimportowa?
• (adjective) importowy

Related terms

• (noun) importer

Further reading

• import in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• import in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from importa

Noun

import n (plural importuri)

1. import

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English import, from Latin importare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mport/
• Hyphenation: i?mport

Noun

ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. import (practice of importing)
2. An import (something brought in from a foreign country)

Declension

References

• “import” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Noun

import c

1. import

Declension

Synonyms

• införsel

Antonyms

• export

Related terms

• importera
• importförbud
• importtillstånd
• importtull

English

Etymology

From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron and pattern.

Noun

padrone (plural padrones or padroni)

1. A patron; a protector.
2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.

Anagrams

• aproned, operand, pandore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin patronus. Doublet of patron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?dro.ne/
• Rhymes: -one

Noun

padrone m (plural padroni, feminine padrona)

1. master
2. owner
3. host
4. landlord
5. employer, boss

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: padrone
• ? Ottoman Turkish: ???????? (patrona)
  • Turkish: patrona

Noun

padrone f pl

1. plural of padrona

Anagrams

• aprendo
• parendo
• perdano
• perdona
• pondera
• predano
• rapendo