noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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
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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