installation

installation

See also: Installation

English

Etymology

From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō; surface analysis install +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪnstəˈleɪʃən]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

1. An act of installing.
2. Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
3. A work of installation art.
4. A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Derived terms

• installation art
• post-installation
• reinstallation
• uninstallation

 

Translations

act of installing

Armenian: տեղադրում (hy) (teładrum), տեղակայում (hy) (tełakayum) Bulgarian: инсталиране (bg) n (instalirane), монтиране (bg) n (montirane) Catalan: instal·lació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 安裝／安装 (zh) (ānzhuāng) Dutch: installatie (nl) f Finnish: asennus (fi), asentaminen (fi) (setting up for use); nimittäminen (fi) (formal admission into an office); asettuminen (fi) (settling in) French: installation (fr) f Galician: instalación (gl) f German: Installation (de) f Greek: εγκατάσταση (el) f (egkatástasi) Indonesian: pemasangan (id), instalasi (id) Italian: installazione (it) f, insediamento (it) m, presa di possesso f Japanese: インストール (insutōru), 取り付け (とりつけ, toritsuke) Malay: pemasangan (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: installering (no) m or f Nynorsk: installering f Persian: نصب کردن‎ (fa) (nasb kardan) Polish: instalacja (pl) f, montaż (pl) m Portuguese: instalação (pt) f Romanian: instalație (ro) f, instalare (ro) f Russian: устано́вка (ru) f (ustanóvka), инсталля́ция (ru) f (installjácija), монта́ж (ru) m (montáž) Spanish: instalación (es) f Swedish: installation (sv) c Turkish: kurulum (tr), enstalasyon (tr)

something installed

Bulgarian: инсталация (bg) f (instalacija) Catalan: instal·lació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 裝置／装置 (zh) (zhuāngzhì), 設施／设施 (zh) (shèshī) Czech: instalace f Dutch: installatie (nl) Finnish: asennus (fi) French: installation (fr) f Galician: instalación (gl) f German: Anlage (de) f Greek: εγκατάσταση (el) f (egkatástasi) Indonesian: instalasi (id) Italian: installazione (it) f, impianto (it) m Japanese: 装置 (ja) (そうち, sōchi), 設備 (ja) (せつび, setsubi) Norwegian: Bokmål: installasjon m Nynorsk: installasjon m Polish: instalacja (pl) f Portuguese: instalação (pt) f Romanian: instalație (ro) f Russian: устано́вка (ru) f (ustanóvka), обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije) Spanish: instalación (es) f Swedish: installation (sv) c

work of installation art

Bulgarian: инсталация (bg) (instalacija) Finnish: installaatio (fi) Greek: εγκατάσταση (el) f (egkatástasi) Norwegian: Bokmål: installasjon m Romanian: instalație (ro) f Swedish: installation (sv) c Turkish: enstalasyon (tr)

facilities which constitute a permanent military base

Bulgarian: база (bg) f (baza) Finnish: varustukset pl Greek: εγκατάσταση (el) f (egkatástasi)

Further reading

• installation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

installer +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

installation f (plural installations)

1. installation

Further reading

• “installation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.