noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To connect, set up or prepare something for use
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To connect, set up or prepare something for use
To transfer software onto a device's permanent storage and put it in a state where it is ready to be run when needed, usually decompressing it if necessary and performing any necessary pre-first-run configuration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin īnstallō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old English onstellan (“to institute, create, originate, establish, give the example of”), Middle High German anstalt (“institute”), German anstellen (“to conduct, employ”), German einstellen (“to set, adjust, position”), Dutch aanstellen (“to appoint, commission, institute”), Dutch instellen (“to set up, establish”). More at in, stall.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رَكَّبَ
(rakkaba)
— set something up for use
Armenian:
տեղադրել
(teġadrel)
— set something up for use
Azerbaijani:
quraşdırmaq
— set something up for use
Bulgarian:
монтирам
(montiram)
— set something up for use
Bulgarian:
инсталирам
(instaliram)
— set something up for use
Catalan:
instal·lar
— set something up for use
Chinese Mandarin:
安裝 /安装
(ānzhuāng)
— set something up for use
Czech:
instalovat
— set something up for use
Dutch:
installeren
— set something up for use
Dutch:
aansluiten
— set something up for use
Dutch:
opzetten
— set something up for use
Esperanto:
instali
— set something up for use
Finnish:
asentaa
— set something up for use
Finnish:
installoida
— set something up for use
French:
installer
— set something up for use
Galician:
instalar
— set something up for use
Georgian:
დაყენება
(daq̇eneba)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
ინსტალირება
(insṭalireba)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
მოწყობა
(moc̣q̇oba)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
დამონტაჟება
(damonṭažeba)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
მოთავსება
(motavseba)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
აწყობა
(ac̣q̇oba)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
დადგმა
(dadgma)
— set something up for use
Georgian:
გაყვანა
(gaq̇vana)
— set something up for use
German:
installieren
— set something up for use
Hebrew:
התקין
(hitkín)
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
telepít
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
installál
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
beszerel
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
bevezet
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
felszerel
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
beépít
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
beszereltet
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
bevezettet
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
felszereltet
— set something up for use
Hungarian:
beépíttet
— set something up for use
Icelandic:
setja upp
— set something up for use
Indonesian:
memasang
— set something up for use
Italian:
installare
— set something up for use
Japanese:
導入する
(dōnyū surú)
— set something up for use
Japanese:
インストールする
(insutōru surú)
— set something up for use
Khmer:
ដំឡើង
(dɑmlaəng)
— set something up for use
Korean:
설치하다
(seolchihada)
— set something up for use
Korean:
깔다
(kkalda)
— set something up for use
Lithuanian:
instaliuoti
— set something up for use
Lithuanian:
atsisiųsti
— set something up for use
Lithuanian:
įdiegti
— set something up for use
Luxembourgish:
instaléieren
— set something up for use
Māori:
whakanoho
— set something up for use
Māori:
tāuta
— set something up for use
Norman:
înstâller
— set something up for use
Persian:
نصبیدن
— set something up for use
Polish:
instalować
— set something up for use
Polish:
zainstalować
— set something up for use
Portuguese:
instalar
— set something up for use
Russian:
устана́вливать
(ustanávlivatʹ)
— set something up for use
Russian:
установи́ть
(ustanovítʹ)
— set something up for use
Russian:
инсталли́ровать
(installírovatʹ)
— set something up for use
Russian:
монти́ровать
(montírovatʹ)
— set something up for use
Serbo-Croatian:
instalirati
— set something up for use
Spanish:
instalar
— set something up for use
Swedish:
installera
— set something up for use
Turkish:
indirmek
— set something up for use
Turkmen:
gurnamak
— set something up for use
Vietnamese:
cài đặt
— set something up for use
Bulgarian:
въвеждам в длъжност
(vǎveždam v dlǎžnost)
— admit formally into a position
Finnish:
palkata
— admit formally into a position
Hungarian:
beiktat
— admit formally into a position
Māori:
whakaoati
— admit formally into a position
Swedish:
installera
— admit formally into a position
Bulgarian:
устройвам
(ustrojvam)
— establish or settle in
Bulgarian:
намествам
(namestvam)
— establish or settle in
Catalan:
instal·lar
— establish or settle in
Hungarian:
elhelyezkedik
— establish or settle in
Māori:
whakanoho
— establish or settle in
Portuguese:
instalar
— establish or settle in
Russian:
помеща́ть
(pomeščátʹ)
— establish or settle in
Russian:
помести́ть
(pomestítʹ)
— establish or settle in