driver

English

Etymology

From Middle English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"draIv@(r\)/
• (US) enPR: drīʹvər, IPA: /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"dr\aIv@`/

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• Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)

Noun

driver (plural drivers)

1. One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
2. Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
3. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
4. A person who drives some other vehicle.
5. (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
6. (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
7. (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

Derived terms

Terms derived from driver

back-seat driver driver-ant driver-boom driverless driverside driver's license driver transistor

driver tube driver valve driver-yard in the driver's seat pile-driver screwdriver

Translations

one who drives something

• Bulgarian: водач (bg) (vodač) m
• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Finnish: ajaja (fi)
• French: conducteur (fr)
• German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f
• Greek: οδηγός (el) (odigós) m and f
• Hungarian: sofőr (hu)
• Irish: tiománaí (ga) m
• Kamba: ndeleba
• Kikuyu: derefa
• Luhya: omudereva
• Luo: dreva
• Manx: immanagh (gv) m

• Meru: ndereva
• Navajo: naʼałbąąsii
• Pashto: ډرېور (ps) (Drewar)
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m
• Punjabi: ډرېور (pa) m
• Romanian: conducător (ro)
• Spanish: conductor (es) m, conductora (es) f
• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Swedish: förare (sv) c
• Telugu: సారథి (te) (saradhi)
• Turkish: sürücü (tr), şoför (tr)
• Welsh: gyrrwr (cy)

something that drives something

• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Greek: οδηγός (el) (odigós) m and f

• Swahili: dereva (sw)

person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus

• Arabic: سائِق (ar) (saa'iq) m

  Egyptian Arabic: سواف (sawwaaq) m

• Armenian: վարորդ (hy) (varord)
• Belarusian: кіроўца (be) (kiróŭca) m, вадзіцель (be) (vadzícel’) m
• Bulgarian: шофьор (bg) (šof'or) m
• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司機 (cmn), 司机 (cmn) (sījī), 開車人 (cmn), 开车人 (cmn) (kāichē-rén)

• Czech: řidič (cs) m, řidička (cs) f, šofér (cs) m
• Danish: chauffør (da) c
• Dutch: bestuurder (nl) m, chauffeur (nl) m
• Finnish: kuljettaja (fi), ajaja (fi), kuski (fi) (colloquial)
• French: conducteur (fr) m, chauffeur (fr) m
• German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f
• Greek: οδηγός (el) (odigós) m and f
• Greenlandic: biilertoq (kl)
• Hebrew: נהג (he) (nahag) m, נהגת (he) (naheget) f
• Hindi: चालक (hi) (cālak) m, ड्राइवर (hi) (ḍrāivar) m
• Hungarian: sofőr (hu), vezető (hu)
• Icelandic: ökumaður (is) m, bílstjóri (is) m
• Japanese: 運転手 (ja) (うんてんしゅ, untenshu), 運転者 (ja) (うんてんしゃ, untensha)
• Jèrriais: cacheux m

• Korean: 운전사 (ko) (unjeonsa)
• Kurdish: ajovan (ku) m and f, ajokar (ku) m and f, şofêr (ku) m and f, sayêq (ku) m and f
• Latvian: vadītājs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: vairuotojas (lt) m
• Macedonian: возач (mk) (vózač) m, шофер (mk) (šófer) m
• Maltese: sewwieq (mt) m, sewwieqa (mt) f, xufier (mt) m, xufiera (mt) f
• Persian: راننده (fa)
• Polish: kierowca (pl) m, szofer (pl) m
• Portuguese: motorista (pt), condutor (pt) m
• Romanian: șofer m (ro)
• Russian: водитель (ru) (vodítel’) m, шофёр (ru) (šofjór) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: возач (sh) m, возачица (sh) f

  Roman: vòzāč (sh) m, vozàčica (sh) f

• Slovak: vodič (sk) m, šofér (sk) m
• Spanish: conductor (es) m, conductora (es) f, chofer (es) m
• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Telugu: చోదకుడు (te) (codakudu)
• Thai: คนขับรถ (th) (kon kàp rót), คนขับ (th) (kon kàp)
• Ukrainian: водій (uk) (vódij) m, шофер (uk) (šofér) m
• Urdu: ڈرائیور (ur) (ḍrāivar) m
• Vietnamese: người lái (vi), tài xế (vi)

person who drives some other vehicle

• Arabic: سائِق (ar) (saa'iq) m
• Armenian: վարորդ (hy) (varord)
• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司機 (cmn), 司机 (cmn) (sījī)

• Czech: řidič (cs) m
• Dutch: bestuurder (nl) m
• Finnish: ajuri (fi), kuski (fi) (colloquial)
• French: conducteur (fr) m, conductrice (fr) f
• German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f
• Greek: οδηγός (el) (odigós) m and f, (railway) μηχανοδηγός (el) (michanodigós) m and f
• Hebrew: נהג (he) (nahag) m, נהגת (he) (naheget) f

• Hindi: चालक (hi) (cālak), ड्राइवर (hi) (ḍrāivar)
• Hungarian: sofőr (hu), vezető (hu)
• Japanese: 運転手 (ja) (うんてんしゅ, untenshu), 運転者 (ja) (うんてんしゃ, untensha)
• Kurdish: ajovan (ku) m and f, ajokar (ku) m and f, şofêr (ku) m and f, sayêq (ku) m and f
• Russian: водитель (ru) (vodítel’) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: возач (sh) m, возачица (sh) f

  Roman: vòzāč (sh) m, vozàčica (sh) f

• Spanish: conductor (es) m, conductora (es) f
• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Telugu: డ్రైవర్ (te) (driver)
• Urdu: ڈرائیور (ur) (ḍrāivar)

program acting as interface between an application and hardware

• Arabic: مشغل (ar) (máshghal) m
• Armenian: դրայվեր (hy) (drayver)
• Bulgarian: драйвър (bg) (drajvăr) m
• Catalan: controlador de dispositiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驅動程序 (cmn), 驱动程序 (cmn) (qūdòng chéngxù)

• Czech: ovladač (cs) m
• Dutch: stuurprogramma (nl) n
• Finnish: ajuri (fi)
• French: pilote (fr) m
• German: Treiber (de) m
• Greek: οδηγός (el) (odigós) m
• Hindi: ड्राइवर (hi) (ḍrāivar)
• Hungarian: illesztőprogram (hu)
• Icelandic: rekill (is) m
• Japanese: ドライバー (ja) (doraibā), ドライバ (ja) (doraiba)

• Korean: 드라이버 (ko) (deuraibeo)
• Kurdish: ajok (ku) f
• Latvian: draiveris (lv) m, dzinis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: tvarkyklė (lt) f, draiveris (lt) m
• Maltese: drajver (mt)
• Polish: sterownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: controlador (pt)
• Russian: драйвер (ru) (drájver)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: драјвер (sh) m, управљачки програм (sh) m

  Roman: dràjver (sh) m, upràvljāčkī prògram (sh) m

• Slovak: ovládač (sk) m
• Spanish: controlador (es) m
• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Urdu: ڈرائیور (ur) (ḍrāivar)

golf club

• Irish: maide mór (ga) m

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• Maltese: xufier (mt), sewwieq (mt)
• Spanish: conductor (es) m, manejador (es) m (Mexico)

• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Turkish: şöför (tr) m

See also

• chauffeur
• conductor
• pilot
• rider

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French

Alternative forms

• (noun) driveur

Etymology

English

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA: /draj.vœʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural drivers)

1. drive (golf club)

Verb

driver

1. (golf) to drive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of driver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		driver			avoir drivé
gerund		en drivant			en ayant drivé
present participle		drivant
past participle		drivé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	drive	drives	drive	drivons	drivez	drivent
	imperfect	drivais	drivais	drivait	drivions	driviez	drivaient
	past historic1	drivai	drivas	driva	drivâmes	drivâtes	drivèrent
	future	driverai	driveras	drivera	driverons	driverez	driveront
	conditional	driverais	driverais	driverait	driverions	driveriez	driveraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	drive	drives	drive	drivions	driviez	drivent
	imperfect1	drivasse	drivasses	drivât	drivassions	drivassiez	drivassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	drive	—	drivons	drivez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• verdir

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

driver m and f (invariable)

1. driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)

driver m (invariable)

1. driver (golf club; computer module)

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Swedish

Verb

driver

1. present tense of driva.