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): /ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnstəˈlæɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

An act of installing.
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.
A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Derived terms

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
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

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

Derived terms

elinstallation
husinstallation
installationskunst
installationskunstner
installationsprogram
installationssvigt
vandinstallation
varmeinstallation
videoinstallation
vvs-installation

French

Etymology

From installer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file)

Noun

installation f (plural installations)

installation

installation

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