"installer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: installers [plural]
Etymology: install + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|install|-er|id2=agent noun}} install + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} installer (plural installers)
  1. One who installs. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (person who installs): монтажник (montažnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), asentaja (Finnish), installateur [masculine] (French), installatrice [feminine] (French), instalador [masculine] (Galician), instaladora [feminine] (Galician), დამაინსტალირებელი (damainsṭalirebeli) (Georgian), მაინსტალირებელი (mainsṭalirebeli) (Georgian), Installateur [masculine] (German), Installateurin [feminine] (German), εγκαταστάτης (egkatastátis) [masculine] (Greek), installatore [masculine] (Italian), installatrice [feminine] (Italian), installatør [masculine] (Norwegian), instalator [masculine] (Polish), instalador [masculine] (Portuguese), instaladora [feminine] (Portuguese), instalador [masculine] (Spanish), instaladora [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-installer-en-noun-0VtDqeF5 Disambiguation of Occupations: 73 27 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 53 47 Disambiguation of 'person who installs': 83 17
  2. (computing) A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms (program): setup, set-up Translations (program that installs software and prepares it for use): instalátor [masculine] (Czech), instalilo (Esperanto), asennusohjelma (Finnish), installateur [masculine] (French), programme d’installation [masculine] (French), instalador [masculine] (Galician), ინსტალატორი (insṭalaṭori) (Georgian), Installationsprogramm [neuter] (German), Installer [masculine] (German), alat pemasang (Indonesian), pemasang (Indonesian), programma di installazione [masculine] (Italian), インストーラー (insutōrā) (Japanese), インストーラ (insutōra) (Japanese), pemasang (Malay), instalator [masculine] (Polish), instalador [masculine] (Portuguese), instalacijski alat [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), instalacijski program [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), namestitveno orodje [neuter] (Slovene), instalador [masculine] (Spanish), installationsprogram [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-installer-en-noun-aplCtpCJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 53 47 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'program': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'program that installs software and prepares it for use': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: offline installer, web installer

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "instalilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "asennusohjelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "installateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "programme d’installation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instalador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "insṭalaṭori",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "ინსტალატორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Installationsprogramm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Installer"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "alat pemasang"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "pemasang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "programma di installazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insutōrā",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "インストーラー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "insutōra",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "インストーラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "word": "pemasang"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instalator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instalador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instalacijski alat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instalacijski program"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "namestitveno orodje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instalador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "program that installs software and prepares it for use",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "installationsprogram"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "installer"
  ],
  "word": "installer"
}

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