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From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns.
Displaced native Old English heah and hefig.
- (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɔː.tənt/, [ɪmˈpʰɔːʔn̩ʔ], [ɪmˈpʰɔːtənt̚]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɔɹ.tənt/, [ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔn̩t], [ɪmˈpʰɔɹʔn̩ʔ]
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpo(ː)ɹ.tənt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpoə.tənt/
- (US, T-Flapping) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɔɹ.tənt/
important (comparative more important or (uncommon) importanter, superlative most important or (uncommon) importantest)
- Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 6:
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
- 1988, Robert Ferro, Second Son:
- For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.
- (obsolete) Pompous; self-important.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 206:
" […] It is a match that must give universal satisfaction. In short, it is a kind of thing that"—lowering his voice to an important whisper—"will be exceedingly welcome to all parties." Recollecting himself, however, he added, "That is, I mean to say—your friends are all truly anxious to see you well settled; Fanny particularly […] "
- significant
- weighty
- See also Thesaurus:important
having relevant and crucial value
- Afrikaans: belangrik (af)
- Albanian: rëndësishëm (sq)
- Arabic: مُهِمّ (muhimm)
- Aragonese: important
- Aramaic: חסינא m (ħasīna)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܢܲܢܩܵܝܵܐ m (ānanqāyā), ܐܵܠܨܵܝܵܐ m (ālṣāyā)
- Armenian: կարեւոր (hy) (karewor)
- Asturian: importante
- Azerbaijani: mühüm (az), vacib (az), önəmli, əhəmiyyətli (az)
- Balinese: mabuat, gati
- Bashkir: мөһим (möhim)
- Basque: garrantzitsu
- Belarusian: ва́жны (vážny)
- Bengali: গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (bn) (guruttopurno)
- Bulgarian: ва́жен (bg) (vážen)
- Burmese: အရေးကြီး (my) (a.re:kri:)
- Catalan: important (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 緊要/紧要 (gan2 jiu3)
- Hokkien: 重要 (zh-min-nan) (tiōng-iàu), 要緊/要紧 (zh-min-nan) (iàu-kín)
- Mandarin: 重要 (zh) (zhòngyào)
- Czech: důležitý (cs)
- Danish: vigtig (da)
- Dutch: belangrijk (nl)
- Egyptian: (wr)
- Esperanto: grava (eo)
- Estonian: tähtis (et), oluline (et)
- Extremaduran: emportanti
- Faroese: umráðandi
- Finnish: tärkeä (fi)
- French: important (fr)
- Galician: importante (gl)
- Georgian: მნიშვნელოვანი (mnišvnelovani)
- German: wichtig (de)
- Greek: σημαντικός (el) (simantikós)
- Haitian Creole: enpòtan
- Hebrew: חָשׁוּב (he) (khashúv)
- Hindi: महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇ), अहम (aham)
- Hungarian: fontos (hu)
- Icelandic: mikilvægur (is)
- Ido: importanta (io)
- Indonesian: penting (id)
- Ingrian: vaažnoi
- Interlingua: importante
- Irish: tábhachtach, mórluachach
- Italian: importante (it)
- Japanese: 重要 (ja) (jūyō), 大切 (ja) (taisetsu)
- Kannada: ಮುಖ್ಯ (kn) (mukhya)
- Kazakh: маңызды (mañyzdy)
- Khmer: សំខាន់ (km) (somkən)
- Korean: 중요하다 (ko) (jung'yohada)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: маанилүү (ky) (maanilüü), олуттуу (oluttuu)
- Lao: ສຳຄັນ (sam khan)
- Latin: gravis (la), magnus (la)
- Latvian: svarīgs, nozīmīgs
- Lithuanian: svarbus (lt)
- Louisiana Creole French: importan, gro
- Luxembourgish: wichteg (lb)
- Macedonian: ва́жен (vážen), зна́чаен (znáčaen)
- Malay: penting (ms)
- Malayalam: അതിപ്രധാനമായ (atipradhānamāya), മുഖ്യമായ (mukhyamāya), ഗൗരവമുള്ള (gauravamuḷḷa), ഉയർന്ന പദവിയിലുള്ള (uyaṟnna padaviyiluḷḷa)
- Maltese: importanti
- Maori: tiketike, matua, hira, mātuatua, pūwhero (of the rank of a person), pūwhewhero (of the rank of a person)
- Mirandese: amportante
- Mongolian: чухал (mn) (čuxal)
- Navajo: tsʼídá bíhólníihgo
- Nepali: महत्वपूर्ण (mahatvapūrṇa)
- Norman: împortant
- Norwegian: alvorlig (no), betydelig (no), viktig (no)
- Occitan: important (oc)
- Odia: ଗୁରୁତ୍ବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ (gurutbapurṇṇa)
- Old English: hefiġ
- Persian: مهم (fa) (mohemm)
- Plautdietsch: wichtich
- Polish: ważny (pl) m
- Portuguese: importante (pt)
- Punjabi: ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ (mahattavpūran)
- Romanian: important (ro)
- Russian: ва́жный (ru) (vážnyj), зна́чимый (ru) (znáčimyj)
- Samoan: tāua
- Sanskrit: गुरु (sa) (guru), अत्यावश्यक (atyāvaśyaka)
- Scottish Gaelic: cudromach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sinhalese: වැදගත් (si) (wædagat)
- Slovak: dôležitý (sk)
- Slovene: pomémben, važen
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: importante (es)
- Swahili: muhimu (sw)
- Swedish: viktig (sv), betydelsefull (sv)
- Tagalog: mahalagá
- Tajik: муҳим (muhim)
- Tamil: முக்கியம் (ta) (mukkiyam), பிரதானம் (ta) (piratāṉam), பாரதூரம் (ta) (pāratūram)
- Telugu: ముఖ్యమైన (te) (mukhyamaina)
- Tetum: importante
- Thai: สำคัญ (th) (sǎm-kan), เอ้ (th) (ây)
- Tibetan: གལ་ཆེན་པོ (gal chen po)
- Tongan: mahuʻinga
- Turkish: önemli (tr), mühim (tr)
- Turkmen: dahylly, möhüm
- Ukrainian: важли́вий (uk) (važlývyj), значни́й (značnýj), важни́й (uk) (važnýj)
- Urdu: اہم (aham)
- Uzbek: muhim (uz)
- Vietnamese: quan trọng (vi), trọng yếu (vi)
- Volapük: veütik (vo)
- Walloon: impôrtant (wa), consecant (wa)
- Welsh: pwysig (cy)
- West Frisian: wichtich
- Yiddish: וויכטיק (vikhtik), חשובֿ (khoshev)
- Zazaki: mihim
- IPA(key): (Central) [im.purˈtan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [im.porˈtant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [im.poɾˈtant]
important m or f (masculine and feminine plural importants)
- “important” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “important”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “important” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “important” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
important
important (feminine importante, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantes)
- important
Il est important de se brosser les dents.
- It is important to brush your teeth.
- large, considerable, significant
- Synonyms: grand, gros, considérable
Une partie importante des votes
- A significant number of the votes
Une tempête de neige est un phénomène météorologique produit par une dépression météorologique hivernale importante.
- A snowstorm is a meteorological phenomenon produced by a large winter depression.
important
- “important”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
important
important m (feminine singular importanta, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantas)
Borrowed from French important.
important m or n (feminine singular importantă, masculine plural importanți, feminine and neuter plural importante)