download

English Online Dictionary. What means download‎? What does download mean?

English

Alternative forms

• DL, dl, d/l, D/L

Etymology

From down- +‎ load. Verbal form first appears c. 1962 in the Wichita Falls (Texas) Times. Nominal form first appears c. 1977 in Scientific American.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/
• (Received Pronunciation, verb) IPA^(key): /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, verb) -əʊd

Noun

download (plural downloads)

1. A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

2. A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.

Coordinate terms

• upload

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

download (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded)

1. (transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
   • 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences.
     Roy: Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting really mean.
2. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
3. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.

4. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.
5. (transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
6. (transitive, Canada) To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a lower level of government.

Hypernyms

• copy, move, transfer

Coordinate terms

• upload

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Danish: downloade
• → Dutch: downloaden
• → German: downloaden; herunterladen (calque)
• → Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)
• → Malay: muat turun (calque)
• → Maltese: ddawnlowdja
• → Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Woodland, woodland

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 單撈 / 单捞 (daan¹ lou¹)

Etymology

From English download.

Pronunciation

Verb

download

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to download

See also

• down (daan1)
• upload (ap1 lou1), up (ap1)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑu̯n.loːt/
• Hyphenation: down‧load

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m (plural downloads, diminutive downloadje n)

1. download

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

download

1. inflection of downloaden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m (invariable)

1. (computing) download

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English download.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdaw̃ˈlo(w)d͡ʒ(i)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌdawnˈlo(w)d(ɨ)/

Noun

download m (plural downloads)

1. (computing) download (file transfer to the local computer)

   Synonym: descarregamento

Swahili

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English download.

Verb

-download (infinitive kudownload)

1. to download

Conjugation

References