download

See also: Download

English

Alternative forms

• DL, dl, d/l, D/L

Etymology

From down +‎ load.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/
• IPA^(key): /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, verb) -əʊd

Noun

download (plural downloads)

1. A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

   The download took longer than I expected.

2. A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.

   I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

Coordinate terms

• upload

Descendants

• Bengali: ডাউনলোড (ḍaunlōḍ)
• Dutch: download
• German: Download
• Hindi: डाउनलोड (ḍāunloḍ)
• Italian: download

• Japanese: ダウンロード (daunrōdo)
• Korean: 다운로드 (daunnodeu)
• Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• Portuguese: download
• Urdu: ڈاؤنلوڈ (ḍāunloḍ)

Translations

file transfer to the local computer

• Arabic: تَنْزِيل m (tanzīl)

  Hijazi Arabic: تَحْمِيل m (taḥmīl)

• Armenian: ներբեռնում (nerbeṙnum)
• Bengali: ডাউনলোড (ḍaunlōḍ)
• Catalan: baixada (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 下載／下载 (haa⁶ zoi³), 下载 (haa⁶ zoi³)

  Mandarin: 下載／下载 (zh), 下载 (zh) (xiàzǎi)

  Min Nan: 下載／下载 (zh-min-nan), 下载 (hā-chài)

• Cornish: iskarg m
• Czech: stažení n, stahování n
• Dutch: download (nl) m
• Esperanto: elŝuti
• Finnish: lataus (fi), imurointi (fi) (slang)
• French: téléchargement (fr) m
• Galician: descarga (gl) f
• Georgian: გადმოქაჩვა (gadmokačva), ჩამოქაჩვა (čamokačva), გადმოტვირთვა (gadmoṭvirtva), ჩამოტვირთვა (čamoṭvirtva), გადმოწერა (gadmoc̣era)
• German: Download (de) m, Herunterladen n
• Greek: καταφόρτωση f (katafórtosi)
• Gujarati: ઉતારવું (utārvũ)
• Hebrew: הורדה (he) f (horada)
• Hindi: डाउनलोड (ḍāunloḍ), अवचयन m (avacyan), अवाहरण (avāhraṇ), अवारोपण (avāropaṇ)
• Hungarian: letöltés (hu)
• Icelandic: niðurhal n
• Ido: deskargo
• Indonesian: donlod, unduh (id), sedot (id) (slang)
• Irish: íoslódáil f
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• Italian: download (it) m, scaricamento (it) m
• Japanese: ダウンロード (ja) (daunrōdo)
• Korean: 다운로드 (ko) (daunnodeu), 내려받기 (ko) (naeryeobatgi), 다운 (ko) (daun)
• Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• Lithuanian: parsiuntimas m, atsisiuntimas m
• Luxembourgish: Download m, Eroflueden n
• Macedonian: презе́мање n (prezémanje), симну́вање n (simnúvanje)
• Malay: muat turun
• Norwegian: nedlastning
• Persian: دانلود (fa), بارگیری (fa) (bârgiri)
• Polish: pobieranie (pl) n
• Portuguese: download (pt) m, descarregamento (pt) m
• Romanian: descărcare (ro) f
• Russian: ска́чивание (ru) n (skáčivanije), ска́чка (ru) f (skáčka), даунло́уд m (daunlóud) (slang)
• Sanskrit: अवारोपण n (avāropaṇa), अवाहरण n (avāharaṇa), अवचयन n (avacayana)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: preuzimanje n, skidanje n

• Sicilian: scarricamentu m
• Spanish: descarga (es) f, transferencia directa f
• Sundanese: unjal
• Swedish: nedladdning (sv) c, nerladdning (sv) c
• Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)
• Ukrainian: заванта́ження n (zavantážennja)
• Urdu: ڈاؤنلوڈ (ḍāunloḍ)
• Uyghur: چۈشۈرمەك (chüshürmek)
• Vietnamese: sự tải xuống (vi), sự truyền xuống, sự nạp xuống, sự viễn nạp
• Walloon: aberwetaedje (wa) m
• Welsh: lawrlwythiad m

Verb

download (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded)

1. (transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
   • 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences.
     Roy: Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting really mean.

   You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.

2. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
3. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.

   When I was your age, there were no flash drives. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM.

4. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.

Hypernyms

• copy, move, transfer

Coordinate terms

• upload

Derived terms

• downloader

Descendants

• → Danish: downloade
• → Dutch: downloaden
• → German: downloaden; herunterladen (calque)
• → Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• → Malay: muat turun (calque)
• → Maltese: ddawnlowdja
• → Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)

Translations

to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one

• Arabic: نَزَّلَ (nazzala)
• Armenian: ներբեռնել (hy) (nerbeṙnel), քաշել (hy) (kʻašel) (informal)
• Bengali: ডাউনলোড করা (ḍaunlōḍ kora)
• Bulgarian: свалям (bg) (svaljam)
• Catalan: baixar (ca), descarregar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下載／下载 (zh), 下载 (zh) (xiàzǎi)

• Cornish: iskarga
• Czech: stáhnout (cs), stahovat (cs)
• Danish: nedlagre, downloade, hente
• Dutch: downloaden (nl), afladen (nl), binnenhalen (nl), binnenladen
• Esperanto: elŝuti
• Estonian: alla laadima, tõmbama
• Finnish: ladata (fi), (slang) imuroida (fi), (slang) imuttaa (fi)
• French: télécharger (fr)
• Galician: descargar (gl), baixar (gl)
• German: herunterladen (de), downloaden (de)
• Greek: κατεβάζω (el) (katevázo)
• Hebrew: הוריד (he) (horíd)
• Hindi: उतारना (hi) (utārnā), अवारोपण m (avāropaṇ), अवाहरण m (avāhraṇ), अवचयन m (avacyan)
• Hungarian: letölt (hu)
• Icelandic: niðurhala, hlaða niður (is)
• Ido: deskargar (io)
• Indonesian: unduh (id)
• Irish: íoslódáil, lódáil anuas
• Italian: scaricare (it)
• Japanese: ダウンロードする (ja) (daunrōdo suru)
• Kazakh: жүктеу (jükteu)
• Khmer: ទាញយក (tieñ yɔɔk)
• Korean: 다운로드하다 (daunnodeu-hada)
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• Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• Lithuanian: atsisiųsti (lt)
• Luxembourgish: eroflueden, roflueden, downloaden, erofsuckelen
• Macedonian: пре́зема (prézema), си́мнува (símnuva)
• Malay: muat turun
• Mongolian: татах (mn) (tatax)
• Norman: dêchèrgi
• Northern Sami: viežžat
• Norwegian: laste ned, nedlaste

  Nynorsk: lasta ned, nedlasta

• Polish: pobierać (pl) impf, pobrać (pl) pf, ściągać (pl) impf (colloquial), ściągnąć (pl) pf (colloquial)
• Portuguese: descarregar (pt), baixar (pt) (Brazil), fazer download, sacar (pt) (colloquial)
• Romanian: descărca (ro)
• Russian: ска́чивать (ru) impf (skáčivatʹ), кача́ть (ru) impf (kačátʹ), скача́ть (ru) pf (skačátʹ)
• Sanskrit: अवारोपण n (avāropaṇa), अवाहरण n (avāharaṇa), अवचयन n (avacayana)
• Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nuas
• Serbo-Croatian: downloadati (slang)

  Roman: preuzeti (sh), skinuti (sh)

• Sicilian: scarricari
• Spanish: descargar (es), bajar (es)
• Swahili: pakua
• Swedish: ladda ner (sv), ladda hem (sv), tanka ner, tanka hem, tanka (sv), dra ner, dra hem, ta hem (sv), plocka hem
• Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)
• Tigrinya: ኣውርድ (ʾawrəd)
• Turkish: indirmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: заванта́жувати impf (zavantážuvaty), заванта́жити pf (zavantážyty), ска́чувати impf (skáčuvaty), скача́ти pf (skačáty)
• Vietnamese: tải (vi), tải xuống (vi)
• Walloon: aberweter (wa)
• Welsh: lawrlwytho, llwytho i lawr
• Zazaki: ronayen
• Zhuang: aeuroengz, dawzroengz

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 내려받다 (naeryeobatda)
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Anagrams

• Woodland, woodland

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Chinese

Etymology

From English download.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ lou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ lou¹
    • Yale: dāan lōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ lou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ lou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

download

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to download

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑu̯n.loːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: down‧load

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m

1. download

Related terms

• downloaden

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

download

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of downloaden
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of downloaden

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m (invariable)

1. (computing) download

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English download.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaw̃ˈlowd͡ʒ/

Noun

download m (plural downloads)

1. (computing) download (file transfer to the local computer)

   Synonym: descarregamento