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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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importance [ɛ̃pɔʀtɑ̃s] N f

1. importance (gravité):

importance
importance
c'est de la plus haute ou première importance
it's of the highest ou of the utmost importance
c'est d'une importance capitale/vitale
it's of immense/vital importance
d'importance relative
of relative importance
donner ou accorder de l'importance à qc
to attach importance to sth
attacher beaucoup/très peu d'importance à qc
to attach great/very little importance to sth
prendre de l'importance événement, affaire:
to gain in importance
sans importance élément, fait, détail
unimportant
cela est sans importance
it's not important
avoir de l'importance
to be important
avoir son importance
to have importance
n'avoir aucune importance (pas grave)
to be unimportant
n'avoir aucune importance (pas essentiel)
to make no difference
d'importance fait, événement, problème
important
quelle importance?
what does it matter?
quelle importance?
so what! inf

2. importance (taille):

importance (de réduction, société)
size
importance (de travail, d'effort)
amount
importance (de massacres, dégâts)
extent
prendre de l'importance société, ville:
to increase in size
ville d'importance moyenne
medium-sized town
d'une certaine importance
sizeable
battre ou rosser inf qn d'importance
to beat sb soundly

3. importance (influence):

importance
importance
prendre de l'importance personne:
to become more important
pour se donner de l'importance
to make oneself look important
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weightiness
importance f (of de)
significance
importance f
not of any significance , of no significance
sans aucune importance
unimportant
sans importance (for, to pour)
greatness (of achievement, novel, painting)
importance f
largeness (of quantity, sum)
importance f
momentousness
importance f capitale
downplay
minimiser l'importance de
inconsequential
sans importance
to be paramount , to be of paramount importance
être d'une importance capitale

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importance [ɛ̃pɔʀtɑ̃s] N f

1. importance (rôle):

importance
importance
de la dernière importance
of the highest importance
accorder de l'importance à qc
to grant importance to sth
se donner de l'importance pej
to think oneself important
être d'importance
to be of some importance
prendre de l'importance
to take on some importance
sans importance
of no importance

2. importance (ampleur):

importance
size
attacher une importance capitale à qc
to consider sth to be of utmost importance
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importance
importance f
significance
importance f
unimportant
sans importance
trifling matter
sans importance
import
importance f
small talk
bavardages mpl sans importance
it's immaterial
c'est sans aucune importance
relevance
importance f
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importance [ɛ͂pɔʀtɑ͂s] N f

1. importance (rôle):

importance
importance
de la dernière importance
of the highest importance
accorder de l'importance à qc
to grant importance to sth
se donner de l'importance pej
to think oneself important
être d'importance
to be of some importance
prendre de l'importance
to take on some importance
sans importance
of no importance

2. importance (ampleur):

importance
size
démesuré(e) importance, proportions
excessive
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importance
importance f
significance
importance f
unimportant
sans importance
trifling matter
sans importance
small talk
bavardages mpl sans importance
import
importance f
relevance
importance f
prominence
importance f
to gain [or rise to] prominence
gagner en importance f

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

attacher une importance capitale à qc
to consider sth to be of utmost importance
de la dernière importance
of the highest importance
accorder de l'importance à qc
to grant importance to sth
se donner de l'importance pej
to think oneself important
prendre de l'importance
to take on some importance

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