Installer (en. Install)

[ɛ̃stalɛʁ]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Place an element so that it operates.

I am going to install a new heating system.

Je vais installer un nouveau système de chauffage.

Establish something in a given location.

They set up their new apartment in the city.

Ils ont installé leur nouvel appartement en ville.

Put a device into service.

He installed the new printer.

Il a installé la nouvelle imprimante.

From the Latin 'installare', composed of 'in-' and 'stare', meaning 'to stand in'.

install software

Proceed to add a computer program to a system.

installer un logiciel

install a screen

Set up a screen in a designated space.

installer un écran

install equipment

Set up the necessary devices for a system to function.

installer des équipements

installation

Action of installing, setting up.

installation

installer

Person who performs the installation of a device or system.

installeur

reinstall

To install again.

réinstaller

To set up informally.

He set up his computer on the desk without much ceremony.

Il a installé son ordi sur le bureau sans trop de cérémonie.

To quickly deploy a system.

She set all that up in no time.

Elle a installé tout ça en un rien de temps.