install

See also: inställ

English

Alternative forms

enstall (rare, obsolete)
instal (rare, UK, dated spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English installen, from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin installō (“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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɔːl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːl
Hyphenation: in‧stall

Verb

install (third-person singular simple present installs, present participle installing, simple past and past participle installed)

(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use, often specifically (in Computing) 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.
I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.
- 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
  Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
- 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52. photo caption:
  Each TBMinstalls two-metre-wide rings made up of seven precast concrete segments produced on-site. Each ring takes approximately 45 minutes to one hour to install.
(transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.
He was installed as Chancellor of the University.
(transitive) To establish or settle in.
I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

Antonyms

uninstall

Related terms

installation
installer
instalment / installment

Translations

set something up for use

Arabic: رَكَّبَ‎ (ar) (rakkaba)
Armenian: տեղադրել (hy) (teładrel)
Azerbaijani: quraşdırmaq (az)
Bulgarian: монтирам (bg) (montiram), инсталирам (bg) (instaliram)
Catalan: instal·lar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 安裝／安装 (zh) (ānzhuāng)
Czech: instalovat (cs)
Dutch: installeren (nl), aansluiten (nl), opzetten (nl)
Esperanto: instali (eo)
Finnish: asentaa (fi)
French: installer (fr)
Galician: instalar (gl)
Georgian: დაყენება (daq̇eneba), ინსტალირება (insṭalireba), მოწყობა (moc̣q̇oba), დამონტაჟება (damonṭažeba), მოთავსება (motavseba), აწყობა (ac̣q̇oba), დადგმა (dadgma), გაყვანა (gaq̇vana)
German: installieren (de)
Hebrew: התקין‎ (he) (hitkín)
Indonesian: memasang (id)
Italian: installare (it)
Japanese: 導入する (ja) (どうにゅうする, dōnyū surú), インストールする (insutōru surú)
Khmer: ដំឡើង (km) (dɑmlaəng)
Korean: 설치하다 (ko) (seolchihada), 깔다 (ko) (kkalda)
Luxembourgish: instaléieren
Maori: whakanoho, tāuta (computer programmes)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: înstâller
Persian: نصبیدن‎ (fa)
Polish: instalować (pl) impf, zainstalować (pl) pf
Portuguese: instalar (pt)
Russian: устана́вливать (ru) impf (ustanávlivatʹ), установи́ть (ru) pf (ustanovítʹ), инсталли́ровать (ru) impf or pf (installírovatʹ), монти́ровать (ru) (montírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: instalirati (sh)
Spanish: instalar (es)
Swedish: installera (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: indirmek (tr)
Turkmen: gurnamak
Vietnamese: cài đặt (vi)

admit formally into a position

Bulgarian: въвеждам в длъжност (vǎveždam v dlǎžnost)
Maori: whakaoati
Swedish: installera (sv)

establish or settle in

Bulgarian: устройвам (bg) (ustrojvam), намествам (bg) (namestvam)
Catalan: instal·lar (ca)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zich installeren (nl)
Maori: whakanoho
Norman: ^{(please verify)} s'enchîtrer (Jersey)
Portuguese: instalar (pt)
Russian: помеща́ть (ru) impf (pomeščátʹ), помести́ть (ru) pf (pomestítʹ)
Swedish: installera (sv)

Noun

install (plural installs)

(computing) Installer. A software utility that installs an application.
After inserting the disk, you need to run the install.
(informal) An installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.)

Anagrams

Antills