install

English

Alternative forms

• enstall
• instal (less common spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English installen, 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 *stelǝ-, *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.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use

   I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.

2. (transitive) To admit formally into an office, rank or position.

   He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

3. (transitive) To establish or settle in.

   I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

Antonyms

• uninstall

Related terms

• installation

Translations

set something up for use

• Arabic: ركب (ar) (rákkaba)
• Catalan: instal·lar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安裝 (cmn), 安装 (cmn) (ānzhuāng)

• Czech: instalovat (cs)
• Dutch: installeren (nl), aansluiten (nl), opzetten (nl)
• Esperanto: instali (eo)
• Finnish: asentaa (fi)
• French: installer (fr)
• German: installieren (de)
• Hebrew: התקין (he) (hitkín)

• 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 (ja) (insutōru surú)
• Jèrriais: înstâller
• Luxembourgish: instaléieren (lb)
• Maori: whakanoho (mi), whakanoho (mi)
• Portuguese: instalar (pt)
• Russian: устанавливать (ru) (ustanávlivatʹ)  impf., установить (ru) (ustanovítʹ)  pf.; инсталлировать (ru) (installírovatʹ)  impf. and pf., монтировать (ru) (montírovatʹ) 
• Spanish: instalar (es)
• Swedish: installera (sv)

admit formally into a position

• Swedish: installera (sv)

establish or settle in

• Catalan: instal·lar (ca)
• Dutch: zich installeren
• Maori: whakanoho (mi)
• Portuguese: instalar-se

• Russian: помещать (ru) (pomeščátʹ)  impf., поместить (ru) (pomestítʹ)  pf.
• Swedish: installera (sv)

Noun

install (plural installs)

1. (informal) Installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.)
2. (computing) (jargon): A computer software utility that is run to install a software application. Also used attributively.

   After inserting the disk, you need to run the install.

   But I can't find the install disk.