installer
Pronunciation: /ɛ̃s.ta.le/
“installer” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:
verb
In French
- Mettre solennellement en possession d’une place, d’un emploi, d’une dignité.
- Placer, disposer quelqu’un ou quelque chose à un endroit.
- Installer un programme, un logiciel, une application mobile: l’intégrer dans un ordinateur ou un smartphone avant de pouvoir s’en servir.
- Chercher à en imposer, plastronner, crâner. (Souvent précédé de en)
Etymology
From Middle French, from Medieval Latin īnstallāre (“to install, put in place, establish”), from in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand, be rigid”). Cognate with Old High German stal (“location, stall”), Old English steall (“position, stall”), Old…
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