"important" meaning in French

See important in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃.t‿/ Audio: Fr-important.ogg Forms: importante [feminine], importants [masculine, plural], importantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} important (feminine importante, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantes)
  1. important
    Sense id: en-important-fr-adj-NKmJ6z4i
  2. large, considerable, significant Synonyms: grand, gros, considérable
    Sense id: en-important-fr-adj-p2qbg-6-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: importamment, importance, importantissime

Verb

IPA: /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃.t‿/ Audio: Fr-important.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} important
  1. present participle of importer Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: importer
    Sense id: en-important-fr-verb-rGsF66Cd Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 4 95

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for important meaning in French (2.8kB)

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