installation

See also: Installation

English

Etymology

From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō. By surface analysis, install +‎ -ation. Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.stəˈlæɪʃən/
(India) IPA^(key): /ɪn.sʈɔː.leː.ʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

An act of installing.
The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.
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.
A work of installation art.
The museum is displaying a modern art installation.
A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
A military installation was built near the border.

Derived terms

Translations

act of installing

Abkhaz: ашьақәыргылара (ašakʷərgəlara)
Armenian: տեղադրում (hy) (teġadrum), տեղակայում (hy) (teġakayum)
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
Georgian: დამონტაჟება (damonṭažeba), დაყენება (daq̇eneba), დადგმა (dadgma), აწყობა (ac̣q̇oba), ინსტალაცია (insṭalacia), დაინსტალირება (dainsṭalireba)
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 (ja) (insutōru), 取り付け (ja) (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, instalowanie (pl) n
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)
Catalan: instal·lació (ca) f, intervenció (ca) f
Finnish: installaatio (fi)
Galician: instalación (gl) f
Greek: εγκατάσταση (el) f (egkatástasi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: installasjon m
Polish: instalacja (pl) f
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)
Polish: baza (pl) f
Spanish: instalación (es) f

Danish

Etymology

From installere +‎ -tion.

Noun

installation c (singular definite installationen, plural indefinite installationer)

installation (all senses)

Declension

Declension of *installation*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	installation	installationen	installationer	installationerne
genitive	installations	installationens	installationers	installationernes