export

See also: Export

English

Etymology

From Latin exportare.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕksʹpôt, IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɔːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: ĕksʹpôrt, IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĕksʹpōrt, IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.po(ː)ɹt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.poət/

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭkspôtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪksˈpɔːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: ĭkspôrtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪksˈpɔɹt/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭkspōrtʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪksˈpo(ː)ɹt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɪksˈpoət/
• (also) enPR: ĕksʹpôrt, IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Adjective

export (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to exportation or exports.

Translations

of or relating to exportation or exports

• Bulgarian: експортен (eksporten), за износ (za iznos)
• Georgian: საექსპორტო (saeksṗorṭo)
• Greek: εξαγωγικός (el) (exagogikós)
• Polish: eksportowy (pl)
• Portuguese: exportador (pt)
• Russian: э́кспортный (ru) (éksportnyj)
• Spanish: exportacional, exportador (es)
• Swedish: export-
• Welsh: allforol

Noun

export (countable and uncountable, plural exports)

1. (countable) Something that is exported.

   Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.

2. (uncountable) The act of exporting.

   The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

Synonyms

• (the act of exporting): exportation

Antonyms

• (something that is exported): import
• (the act of exporting): import, importation

Derived terms

• antiexport
• co-export
• coexport
• export subsidy
• invisible export
• nonexport
• reexport

Translations

something that is exported

• Arabic: صَادِرَات (ar) pl (ṣādirāt)
• Azerbaijani: ixrac, eksport
• Bulgarian: и́знос (bg) m (íznos)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出口 (zh) (chūkǒu), 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū), 出口商品 (chūkǒu shāngpǐn)

• Danish: eksportvare c
• Finnish: vientituote (fi), vientitavara
• German: Exportgut (de) n, Exportware (de) f
• Greek: εξαγόμενο προϊόν n (exagómeno proïón)
• Hindi: निर्यात (hi) m (niryāt)
• Hungarian: export (hu)
• Indonesian: ekspor (id)
• Japanese: 輸出品 (ゆしゅつひん, yushutsuhin)
• Korean: 수출품(輸出品) (suchulpum)
• Manx: assphurtanyn m pl
• Norman: export m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksport (no) m, eksportvare m or f

  Nynorsk: eksport (nn) m, eksportvare f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: صادِرات (sâderât)

• Polish: eksport (pl) m
• Portuguese: exportado (pt) m
• Romanian: export (ro), marfă exportată f, bun exportat
• Russian: э́кспорт (ru) m (éksport), вы́воз (ru) m (vývoz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝзвоз m

  Latin: ìzvoz (sh) m

• Swedish: exportartikel c, exportvara (sv) c
• Tajik: содирот (tg) (sodirot)
• Welsh: allforyn (cy) m

the act of exporting

• Albanian: eksport (sq) m
• Arabic: تَصْدِير m (taṣdīr)
• Armenian: արտահանում (hy) (artahanum)
• Azerbaijani: ixrac, eksport
• Basque: esportazio
• Belarusian: э́кспарт m (ékspart), вы́ваз m (vývaz)
• Bulgarian: и́знос (bg) m (íznos), експо́рт (bg) m (ekspórt)
• Burmese: ထွက်ကုန် (my) (htwakkun)
• Catalan: exportació f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 出口 (ceot¹ hau²), 輸出 / 输出 (syu¹ ceot¹)

  Mandarin: 出口 (zh) (chūkǒu), 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū)

• Czech: vývoz (cs) m, export (cs) m
• Danish: eksport (da) c, udførsel c
• Dutch: export (nl) m, uitvoer (nl) m
• Estonian: eksport
• Finnish: vienti (fi), eksportti
• French: exportation (fr) f
• Galician: exportación (gl) f
• Georgian: ექსპორტი (eksṗorṭi)
• German: Export (de) m, Ausfuhr (de) f
• Greek: εξαγωγή (el) f (exagogí)
• Hebrew: יְצוּא m (yetsú)
• Hindi: निर्यात (hi) m (niryāt)
• Hungarian: exportálás (hu), kivitel (hu), export (hu)
• Icelandic: útflutningur (is) m
• Indonesian: pengeksporan (id), ekspor (id)
• Irish: easpórtáil f
• Italian: esportazione (it) f
• Japanese: 輸出 (ja) (ゆしゅつ, yushutsu)
• Kazakh: экспорт (èksport)
• Khmer: នីហរ័ណ (km) (niihaʼran), ការនាំចេញ (kaa nŏəm cəñ)
• Korean: 수출(輸出) (ko) (suchul)
• Kyrgyz: экспорт (ky) (eksport)
• Lao: ການສົ່ງອອກ (lo) (kān song ʼǭk)
• Latvian: eksports m
• Lithuanian: eksportas (lt) m
• Macedonian: и́звоз m (ízvoz), е́кспорт m (éksport)
• Malay: eksport
• Manx: assphurtal m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: экспорт (mn) (eksport)

• Norman: exportâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksport (no) m

  Nynorsk: eksport (nn) m

• Occitan: exportacion (oc) f
• Pashto: صادرات (ps) m pl (sāderāt)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: صادِرات (sâderât)

• Polish: eksport (pl) m, wywóz (pl) m
• Portuguese: exportação (pt) f
• Romanian: export (ro) n, exportare (ro) f
• Russian: э́кспорт (ru) m (éksport), вы́воз (ru) m (vývoz)
• Scottish Gaelic: às-phortadh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝзвоз m, ѐкспорт m

  Latin: ìzvoz (sh) m, èksport (sh) m

• Slovak: vývoz m, export (sk) m
• Slovene: izvoz m
• Spanish: exportación (es) f
• Swedish: export c, utförsel (sv) c
• Tajik: содирот (tg) (sodirot)
• Tamil: ஏற்றுமதி (ta) (ēṟṟumati)
• Tatar: экспорт (eksport)
• Thai: การส่งออก (gaan-sòng-ɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: ihracat (tr), ihraç (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc)

• Turkmen: eksport
• Ukrainian: е́кспорт (uk) m (éksport), ви́віз m (výviz)
• Urdu: ایکْسْپورْٹ (eksporṭ), بَرْ آمَد f (bar āmad)
• Uyghur: ئېكسپورت (ëksport)
• Uzbek: eksport (uz)
• Walloon: espôrtaedje (wa) m, espôrtåcion (wa) f
• Welsh: allforio (cy) m

licence for export

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝзвозница f

  Latin: ìzvoznica (sh) f

Verb

export (third-person singular simple present exports, present participle exporting, simple past and past participle exported)

1. (transitive) To carry away.

   Synonym: remove

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Followers and Friends”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.

2. (transitive) To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

   Antonym: import

   Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.

   • 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:

     Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.

3. (transitive) To cause to spread in another part of the world.
4. (transitive, computing) To send (data) from one program to another.

   Antonym: import

5. (transitive) To put up (a child) for international adoption.

Derived terms

• antiexporting
• co-export
• coexport
• exportability
• exportable
• exportation
• exporter
• exportin
• exportome
• nonexported
• nonexporting
• reexport
• re-export
• unexport
• unexported

Translations

to carry away

• Bulgarian: изнасям (bg) (iznasjam)
• Danish: eksportere
• Estonian: viima
• Finnish: viedä (fi)
• Hungarian: kivisz (hu)
• Portuguese: tirar (pt)
• Swedish: bära bort

to sell (goods) to a foreign country

• Arabic: صَدَّرَ (ar) (ṣaddara)
• Armenian: արտահանել (artahanel)
• Asturian: esportar
• Azerbaijani: ixrac etmək
• Basque: esportatu
• Belarusian: экспартава́ць impf or pf (ekspartavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: изнасям (bg) (iznasjam), експортирам (bg) (eksportiram)
• Burmese: ထုတ်သွား (htutswa:)
• Catalan: exportar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出口 (zh) (chūkǒu), 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū)

• Czech: vyvézt
• Danish: eksportere, udføre
• Dutch: exporteren (nl)
• Esperanto: eksporti
• Estonian: eksportima
• Finnish: viedä (fi)
• French: exporter (fr)
• Galician: exportar (gl)
• Georgian: ესპორტირება (esṗorṭireba), აექსპორტირებს (aeksṗorṭirebs), ექსპორტირებას უწევს (eksṗorṭirebas uc̣evs)
• German: exportieren (de), ausführen (de)
• Greek: εξάγω (el) (exágo)
• Hebrew: ייצא (he) (yitsé)
• Hindi: निर्यात करना (niryāt karnā)
• Hungarian: exportál (hu)
• Icelandic: flytja út
• Indonesian: mengekspor (id)
• Italian: esportare (it)
• Japanese: 輸出する (ゆしゅつする, yushutsu-surú)
• Kazakh: экспорттау (èksporttaw)
• Khmer: នាំចេញ (km) (nŏəm cəñ)
• Korean: 수출(輸出)하다 (ko) (suchulhada)
• Lao: ສົ່ງອອກ (song ʼǭk)
• Latin: exportō
• Latvian: eksportēt
• Lithuanian: eksportúoti, išvèžti
• Mauritian Creole: exporte
• Occitan: exportar (oc)
• Polish: eksportować (pl) impf, wyeksportować pf
• Portuguese: exportar (pt)
• Romanian: exporta (ro)
• Russian: экспорти́ровать (ru) (eksportírovatʹ), вывози́ть (ru) impf (vyvozítʹ), вы́везти (ru) pf (vývezti), экспорт (ru) m (eksport)
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzvesti (sh) pf, izvòziti (sh) impf
• Shan: သူင်ႇဢွၵ်ႇ (sùung ʼàuk)
• Spanish: exportar (es)
• Swedish: exportera (sv), föra ut, skeppa ut
• Thai: ส่งออก (sòng-ɔ̀ɔk)
• Ukrainian: експортува́ти impf or pf (eksportuváty), виво́зити impf (vyvózyty), ви́везти pf (vývezty)
• Vietnamese: xuất khẩu (vi) (出口)
• Welsh: allforio (cy)

to cause to spread in another part of the world

• Finnish: viedä (fi)
• French: exporter (fr)
• Greek: εξάγω (el) (exágo)
• Swedish: exportera (sv)

computing: send (data) from one program to another

• Bulgarian: прехвърлям (bg) (prehvărljam)
• Finnish: viedä (fi)
• French: exporter (fr)
• German: exportieren (de)
• Hebrew: ייצא (he) (yitsé)
• Hungarian: exportál (hu)
• Māori: kawe atu
• Polish: eksportować (pl) impf, wyeksportować pf
• Portuguese: exportar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: às-phortaich
• Swedish: exportera (sv)

Anagrams

• Torpex

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portō

Latin exportō, exportāre

English exportbor.

Czech export

Borrowed from English export, from Latin exportō, exportāre (“carry out; export”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛksport]

Noun

export m inan

1. export

   Synonym: vývoz

   Antonyms: dovoz, import

Declension

Declension of export (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	export	exporty
genitive	exportu	exportů
dative	exportu	exportům
accusative	export	exporty
vocative	exporte	exporty
locative	exportu	exportech
instrumental	exportem	exporty

Related terms

• exportér
• exportní
• exportovat

Further reading

• “export”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “export”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “export”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English export. Equivalent to a back-formation from exporteren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ex‧port

Noun

export m (plural exporten, no diminutive)

1. export

   Synonym: uitvoer

Derived terms

• exportgericht
• exportgewas
• exportproduct
• exportverbod

French

Etymology

Deverbal from exporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spɔʁ/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

export m (plural exports)

1. export

   Coordinate term: import

Derived terms

• import-export

Related terms

• exportation

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English export.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛksport]
• Hyphenation: ex‧port
• Rhymes: -ort

Noun

export (usually uncountable, plural exportok)

1. export, exportation (the act of exporting, the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce)

   Synonyms: árukivitel, kivitel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	export	exportok
accusative	exportot	exportokat
dative	exportnak	exportoknak
instrumental	exporttal	exportokkal
causal-final	exportért	exportokért
translative	exporttá	exportokká
terminative	exportig	exportokig
essive-formal	exportként	exportokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	exportban	exportokban
superessive	exporton	exportokon
adessive	exportnál	exportoknál
illative	exportba	exportokba
sublative	exportra	exportokra
allative	exporthoz	exportokhoz
elative	exportból	exportokból
delative	exportról	exportokról
ablative	exporttól	exportoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	exporté	exportoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	exportéi	exportokéi

Possessive forms of export

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	exportom	exportjaim
2nd person sing.	exportod	exportjaid
3rd person sing.	exportja	exportjai
1st person plural	exportunk	exportjaink
2nd person plural	exportotok	exportjaitok
3rd person plural	exportjuk	exportjaik

Related terms

• exportál
• exportőr

Further reading

• export in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• export in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English export, from Latin exportō, exportāre (“carry out; export”).

Noun

export m (plural exports)

1. (Jersey) export

Derived terms

• exporter (“to export”)

Related terms

• exportâtion (“export”)
• exportéthie (“exporting”)
• exporteux (“exporter”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Export.

Noun

export n (plural exporturi)

1. export

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	export	exportul	exporturi	exporturile
genitive-dative	export	exportului	exporturi	exporturilor
vocative	exportule		exporturilor

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

export c

1. export

Declension

Declension of export

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	export	exports
	definite	exporten	exportens
plural	indefinite	exporter	exporters
	definite	exporterna	exporternas

Synonyms

• utförsel

Antonyms

• import
• införsel

Derived terms

• exportartikel
• exportavtal
• exportera
• exportfirma
• exportfrämjande
• exportförbud
• exportföretag
• exporthamn
• exportindustri
• exportinkomst
• exportkredit
• exportland
• exportlicens
• exportmarknad
• exportnäring
• exportpris
• exportprodukt
• exportsiffra
• exportstopp
• exporttillstånd
• exportuppgång
• exportvara
• exportvolym
• exportvärde
• exportöl
• exportör
• exportöverskott