🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

installation de surveillance

Pronunciation / Transliteration: installation de syʁ.vɛ.lɑ̃s

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Surveillance-installation/sɜːˈveɪ.ləns ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'installation de surveillance a été mise en place ce matin."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The setup or placement of electronic monitoring devices, cameras, or sensors for observation purposes.

    "The covert surveillance-installation was completed overnight to monitor the perimeter."
  2. 2

    A facility or apparatus established for systematic observation and intelligence gathering.

    "The border featured a high-tech surveillance-installation equipped with thermal imaging."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French 'surveillance' (meaning 'watching over', from 'sur-' meaning 'over' + 'veiller' to watch, from Latin 'vigilare'), combined with 'installation', originating from medieval Latin 'installare' (to place in a stall). The compound term emerged in late 20th-century security and geopolitical discourse to describe the physical placement of monitoring and reconnaissance equipment.

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