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installer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who installs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English install Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English installer From install + -er.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: монтажник (montažnik) — person who installs
  • Finnish: asentaja — person who installs
  • French: installateur — person who installs
  • French: installatrice — person who installs
  • Galician: instalador — person who installs
  • Galician: instaladora — person who installs
  • Georgian: დამაინსტალირებელი (damainsṭalirebeli) — person who installs
  • Georgian: მაინსტალირებელი (mainsṭalirebeli) — person who installs
  • German: Installateur — person who installs
  • German: Installateurin — person who installs
  • Greek: εγκαταστάτης (egkatastátis) — person who installs
  • Italian: installatore — person who installs
  • Italian: installatrice — person who installs
  • Norwegian: installatør — person who installs
  • Polish: instalator — person who installs
  • Portuguese: instalador — person who installs
  • Portuguese: instaladora — person who installs
  • Spanish: instalador — person who installs
  • Spanish: instaladora — person who installs
  • Czech: instalátor — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Esperanto: instalilo — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Finnish: asennusohjelma — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • French: installateur — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • French: programme d’installation — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Galician: instalador — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Georgian: ინსტალატორი (insṭalaṭori) — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • German: Installationsprogramm — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • German: Installer — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Icelandic: uppsetningarforrit — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Indonesian: alat pemasang — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Indonesian: pemasang — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Italian: programma di installazione — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Japanese: インストーラー (insutōrā) — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Japanese: インストーラ (insutōra) — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Malay: pemasang — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Polish: instalator — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Portuguese: instalador — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Serbo-Croatian: instalacijski alat — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Serbo-Croatian: instalacijski program — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Slovene: namestitveno orodje — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Spanish: instalador — program that installs software and prepares it for use
  • Swedish: installationsprogram — program that installs software and prepares it for use