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):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.stəˈlæɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

1. An act of installing.

   The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.

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.

   The museum is displaying a modern art installation.

   • 2026 May, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 93:

     Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.

4. A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

   A military installation was built near the border.

Derived terms

• autoinstallation
• deinstallation
• electrical installation
• installational
• installation art
• installationlike
• installation spacer
• misinstallation
• noninstallation
• post-installation
• preinstallation
• reinstallation
• unattended installation
• uninstallation
• video installation

Translations

act of installing

• Abkhaz: ашьақәыргылара (ašakʷərgəlara)
• Armenian: տեղադրում (hy) (teġadrum), տեղակայում (hy) (teġakayum)
• Azerbaijani: quraşdırma (az)
• 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
• Swahili: usakinishaji
• 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

Further reading

• installation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From installere +‎ -tion.

Noun

installation c (singular definite installationen, plural indefinite installationer)

1. installation (all senses)

Declension

Declension of installation

common gender	singular		plural
	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

Further reading

• “installation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From installer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

installation f (plural installations)

1. installation

Further reading

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