installation

See also: Installation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnstəˈleɪʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪnstəˈlæɪʃən/
• 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
• unattended installation
• uninstallation

 

Translations

act of installing

• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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

French

Etymology

From installer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

installation f (plural installations)

1. installation

Further reading

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