download

See also: Download

English

Etymology

From down- +‎ load.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

download (plural downloads)

1. A file transfer to the local computer.

   The download took longer than I expected.

2. A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way.

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

Derived terms

• DL, dl, d/l, D/L (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• upload

Descendants

Descendants of download in other languages

• Bengali: ডাউনলোড (ḑa'unloḑ)
• Dutch: download
• German: Download
• Hindi: डाउनलोड (ḍāunloḍ)
• Italian: download

• Japanese: ダウンロード (daunrōdo)
• Korean: 내려받기 (naeryeobatgi)、다운로드 (daullodeu)
• Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• Portuguese: download
• Urdu: ڈاؤنلوڈ (ḍā'unloḍ)

Translations

file transfer to the local computer

• Arabic: تَنْزِيل m (tanzīl)
• Armenian: ներբեռնում (nerbeṙnum)
• Bengali: ডাউনলোড (ḑa'unloḑ)
• 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)
• Hungarian: letöltés (hu)
• Icelandic: niðurhal n
• Ido: deskargo
• Indonesian: donlod, unduh (id), sedot (id) (slang)
• Irish: íoslódáil f
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• Italian: download 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: preuzimanje n, skidanje n

• Spanish: descarga (es) f, transferencia directa f
• Sundanese: unjal
• Swedish: nedladdning (sv) c, nerladdning (sv) c
• Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)
• Urdu: ڈاؤنلوڈ (ḍā'unloḍ)
• Uyghur: چۈشۈرمەك (chüshürmek)
• Vietnamese: sự tải xuống, 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 (computer data, especially as one or more files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.

   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) to upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network.
3. (transitive, nonstandard) to transfer a file to or from removable media.

   I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM

4. (transitive, nonstandard) to install software.

Synonyms

• copy
• move
• take
• transfer
• DL, dl, d/l, D/L (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• upload

Derived terms

• downloader

Descendants

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

Translations

to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one

• Arabic: نَزَّلَ (nazzala)
• Armenian: ներբեռնել (nerbeṙnel), քաշել (hy) (kʻašel) (informal)
• Bengali: ডাউনলোড করা (ḑa'unloḑ kôra)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
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• Korean: 다운로드하다 (daunnodeuhada)
• 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
• Norwegian: laste ned, nedlaste

  Nynorsk: lasta ned, nedlasta

• Polish: ściągać (pl) (colloquial), ściągnąć (pl) (colloquial), pobrać (pl), pobierać (pl)
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nuas
• Serbo-Croatian: downloadati (slang)

  Roman: preuzeti (sh), skinuti (sh)

• Spanish: descargar (es), bajar (es)
• 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)
• Turkish: indirmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: завантажити (zavantažyty)
• Vietnamese: tải (vi), tải xuống
• Walloon: aberweter (wa)
• Welsh: lawrlwytho, llwytho i lawr
• Zazaki: ronayen
• Zhuang: aeuroengz, dawzroengz

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

• Woodland, woodland

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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 (uncountable)

1. (computing) download

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m (plural s)

1. download (file transfer to the local computer)

Synonyms

• descarregamento