Phillips screwdriver

English

Alternative forms

• philips screwdriver misspelling of eponymous referent is very common
• phillips screwdriver

Etymology

From Henry F. Phillips, the name of the inventor of the tool and the screws that it is designed to work with, and screwdriver.

Noun

Phillips screwdriver (plural Phillips screwdrivers)

From left to right, a Phillips screwdriver and a flat-blade screwdriver.

1. A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard (flat-blade) screwdriver.

Related terms

• phillips head, Phillips head
• phillips head screwdriver, Phillips head screwdriver
• phillips-head, Phillips-head
• phillips-head screwdriver, Phillips-head screwdriver

Translations

screwdriver

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十字螺絲批／十字螺丝批 (sap⁶ zi⁶ lo⁴ si¹ pai¹)

  Mandarin: 十字螺絲刀／十字螺丝刀 (shízì luósīdāo), 十字改錐／十字改锥 (shízì gǎizhuī), 十字螺絲起子／十字螺丝起子 (shízì luósī qǐzi), 十字起子 (shízì qǐzi)

• Czech: křížový šroubovák m
• Dutch: kruiskopschroevendraaier (nl) c
• Estonian: ristkruvikeeraja
• Finnish: ristipääruuvimeisseli, ristipäämeisseli
• French: tournevis cruciforme (fr) m
• German: Kreuzschraubenzieher m, Kreuzschraubendreher m
• Hungarian: csillagfejű csavarhúzó
• Japanese: プラスドライバー (purasu doraiba)
• Swedish: stjärnmejsel c, stjärnskruvmejsel c, kryssmejsel c

See also

• Wikipedia article on Henry F. Phillips