installation

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)

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.

Etymology

From installere +‎ -tion.

Noun

installation c (singular definite installationen, plural indefinite installationer)

1. installation (all senses)

Further reading

• “installation” in Den Danske Ordbog

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.