Meanings
verbreinstall (third-person singular simple present reinstalls, present participle reinstalling, simple past and past participle reinstalled)
present singular third person reinstalls · participle present reinstalling · participle past reinstalled · past reinstalled
- To install again.
nounreinstall (plural reinstalls)
plural reinstalls
- reinstallation
I tried removing and reinstalling the software, but the reinstall failed.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishinstall
- Englishreinstall
Translations
Catalan reinstal·lar
- reinstal·larinstall again
Chinese Mandarin 重灌, 重裝 /重装
- 重灌 (chóngguàn)install again
- 重裝 /重装 (chóngzhuāng)install again
Finnish asentaa uudelleen
- asentaa uudelleeninstall again
French réinstaller
- réinstallerinstall again
German neu installieren
- neu installiereninstall again
Italian reinstallare
- reinstallareinstall again
Japanese 再インストールする
- 再インストールする (saiinsutōru suru)install again
Korean 재설치하다
- 재설치하다 (jaeseolchihada)install again
Portuguese reinstalar
- reinstalarinstall again
Romanian reinstala
- reinstalainstall again
Spanish reinstalar
- reinstalarinstall again
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
reinstall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstall
MLA
“reinstall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstall. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinstall,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstall.
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