driver

See also: Driver

English

Etymology

From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/
• enPR: drīʹvər, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)

Noun

driver (plural drivers)

1. One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
   • 2016, John Swain, Digging Up The Pitmen (page 164)

     Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […]

2. Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
   • 2014, Bridgette Wessels, Exploring Social Change: Process and Context (page 106)

     The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change.

3. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
4. A person who drives some other vehicle.
6. (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
7. (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
8. (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.
9. A mallet.
10. A tamping iron.
11. A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
12. A screwdriver.
    • 1996, Popular Mechanics (volume 173, number 12)

      Among the driver and screw types available, you'll find several cross-slot varieties including the Reed & Prince […]

Derived terms

• back-seat driver
• bus driver
• cattle driver
• coach driver
• daily driver
• driver-ant
• driver-boom
• driverless
• driver-only operation
• driverside
• driver's license
• driver transistor
• driver tube
• driver valve
• driver-yard
• in the driver's seat
• piledriver
• racing driver
• screwdriver

 

Translations

one who drives something, e.g. cattle

• Bulgarian: водач (bg) m (vodač)
• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Finnish: ajaja (fi), kuljettaja (fi), kuski (fi)
• French: conducteur (fr) m, conductrice (fr) f, traqueur (fr) m, traqueuse (fr) f
• German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f, Treiber (de) m, Treiberin (de) f
• Greek: οδηγός (el) m or f (odigós)

  Ancient Greek: ἐλατήρ m (elatḗr)

• Hungarian: sofőr (hu)
• Irish: tiománaí m
• Kamba: ndeleba
• Kikuyu: derefa
• Kurdish:
• Luhya: omudereva
• Luo: dreva
• Macedonian: возач m (vozač)
• Manx: immanagh m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: , kaitaraiwa (a vehicle), kaiwhiu (stock or animals)
• Meru: ndereva
• Navajo: naʼałbąąsii
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m, condutora (pt) f
• Punjabi: ډرېور m
• Romanian: conducător (ro) m
• Russian: пого́нщик (ru) m (pogónščik), пого́нщица (ru) f (pogónščica)
• Serbo-Croatian: vozač (sh) m
• Spanish: conductor (es) m, conductora f
• Swahili: dereva (sw), mwendeshaji
• Swedish: förare (sv) c
• Telugu: సారథి (te) (sārathi)
• Thai: คนขับ (kon-kàp), ผู้ขับ (pûu-kàp)
• Welsh: gyrrwr (cy)

something that drives something

• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Finnish: ajuri (fi), ajojuhta (figuratively)
• Greek: οδηγός (el) m or f (odigós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: condutor (pt) m
• Russian: дви́житель (ru) m (dvížitelʹ)
• Swahili: dereva (sw)

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

• Albanian: shofer (sq) m, makinist m
• Arabic: سَائِق m (sāʔiq)

  Egyptian Arabic: سواق m (sawwāʾ)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَوَّاق m (sawwāg)

• Armenian: վարորդ (hy) (varord)
• Azerbaijani: sürücü (az), şofer
• Belarusian: кіро́ўца m (kiróŭca), вадзі́цель m (vadzícjelʹ), шафёр m (šafjór)
• Bulgarian: шофьо́р (bg) m (šofjór)
• Burmese: ယာဉ်မောင်း (my) (yanymaung:)
• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 司機／司机 (si¹ gei¹), 司机 (si¹ gei¹), 駕駛員／驾驶员 (gaa³ sai² jyun⁴), 驾驶员 (ga³ sai² jyun⁴), 駕駛者／驾驶者 (gaa³ sai² ze²)}, 柴可夫 (yue) (caai⁴ ho² fu¹)

  Mandarin: 司機／司机 (zh) (sījī), 司机 (zh) (sījī), 駕駛員／驾驶员 (zh) (jiàshǐyuán), 驾驶员 (zh) (jiàshǐyuán), 駕駛者／驾驶者 (zh) (jiàshǐzhě)

• Czech: řidič (cs) m, řidička f, šofér (cs) m
• Danish: chauffør (da) c
• Dutch: bestuurder (nl) m, chauffeur (nl) m
• Esperanto: aŭtomobilisto, aŭtisto
• Estonian: juht (et), autojuht
• Faroese: bilførari m (car), bussførari m (bus), motorsúkklistur m (motorcycle), lastbilførari m (truck)
• Finnish: kuljettaja (fi), ajaja (fi), kuski (fi) (colloquial)
• French: conducteur (fr) m, conductrice (fr) f, chauffeur (fr) m, chauffeuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მძღოლი (mʒɣoli)
• German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f
• Greek: οδηγός (el) m or f (odigós)
• Greenlandic: biilertoq
• Hebrew: נַהָג (he) m (nahág), נֶהָג (he) m (nehág), נהגת f (naheget)
• Hindi: चालक (hi) m (cālak), ड्राइवर (hi) m (ḍrāivar)
• Hungarian: sofőr (hu), vezető (hu)
• Icelandic: ökumaður m, bílstjóri m
• Indonesian: sopir (id)
• Irish: tiománaí m
• Italian: autista (it) m or f, guidatore (it) m, guidatrice f
• Japanese: 運転手 (ja) (うんてんしゅ, untenshu), 運転者 (うんてんしゃ, untensha), ドライバ (ja) (doraiba)
• Kazakh: жүргізуші (kk) (jürgızuşı), шопыр (şopyr)
• Khmer: អ្នកបើកឡាន (nĕək baək laan), តៃកុង (tay kong)
• Korean: 운전사 (ko) (unjeonsa), 기사 (ko) (gisa), 운전기사 (ko) (unjeon'gisa)
• Kurdish: , , ,
• Kyrgyz: жүргүзүүчү (jürgüzüücü), айдоочу (ky) (aydoocu), шофёр (ky) (şofyor)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lao: ຄົນຂັບລົດ (khon khap lot)
• Latin: auriga m
• Latvian: vadītājs (lv) m, šoferis m
• Lithuanian: vairuotojas m, šoferis m
• Macedonian: во́зач m (vózač), шо́фер m (šófer)
• Maltese: sewwieq m, sewwieqa f, xufier m, xufiera f
• Maore Comorian: shofera class 5/6
• Maori: kaitaraiwa
• Mongolian: жолооч (mn) (žolooč)
• Norman: cacheux m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fører m

  Nynorsk: førar m

• Pashto: ډرايور m (ḍrāywár), ډرېور m (ḍrewár)
• Persian: راننده (fa) (rânande), شوفر (fa) (šofer)
• Polish: kierowca (pl) m, szofer (pl) m
• Portuguese: motorista (pt) m or f, condutor (pt) m, condutora (pt) f
• Romanian: șofer (ro) m, conducător auto m
• Russian: води́тель (ru) m (vodítelʹ), води́тельница (ru) f (vodítelʹnica), шофёр (ru) m (šofjór)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: возач m, возачица f

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

• Slovak: vodič m, šofér m
• Slovene: voznik (sl) m, šofer m
• Spanish: conductor (es) m, conductora f, chofer (es) m
• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Swedish: förare (sv) c, chaufför (sv) c
• Tajik: ронанда (tg) (ronanda), шофёр (tg) (šofyor)
• Telugu: చోదకుడు (te) (cōdakuḍu)
• Thai: คนขับรถ, คนขับ (kon-kàp)
• Tibetan: ཁ་ལོ་བ (kha lo ba)
• Turkish: sürücü (tr), şoför (tr)
• Turkmen: sürügi, şofýor
• Ukrainian: воді́й m (vodíj), шофе́р m (šofér)
• Urdu: ڈرائیور m (ḍrāivar)
• Uyghur: شوپۇر (shopur)
• Uzbek: haydovchi (uz), shofyor (uz)
• Vietnamese: người lái, tài xế (vi)

person who drives some other vehicle

• Arabic: سَائِق m (sāʔiq)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَوَّاق m (sawwāg)

• Armenian: վարորդ (hy) (varord)
• Catalan: conductor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 司機／司机 (si¹ gei¹), 司机 (si¹ gei¹), 駕駛員／驾驶员 (gaa³ sai² jyun⁴), 驾驶员 (ga³ sai² jyun⁴), 駕駛者／驾驶者 (gaa³ sai² ze²), 柴可夫 (yue) (caai⁴ ho² fu¹)

  Mandarin: 司機／司机 (zh) (sījī), 司机 (zh) (sījī), 駕駛員／驾驶员 (zh) (jiàshǐyuán), 驾驶员 (zh) (jiàshǐyuán), 駕駛者／驾驶者 (zh) (jiàshǐzhě)

• 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) m or f (odigós), (railway) μηχανοδηγός (el) m or f (michanodigós)
• Hebrew: נהג (he) m (nahag), נהגת f (naheget)
• Hindi: चालक (hi) (cālak), ड्राइवर (hi) (ḍrāivar)
• Hungarian: sofőr (hu), vezető (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: tiománaí m
• Japanese: 運転手 (ja) (うんてんしゅ, untenshu), 運転者 (うんてんしゃ, untensha)
• Kurdish: , , ,
• Maori: taraiwa, kaitaraiwa
• Portuguese: piloto (pt) m, pilota (pt) f
• Romanian: pilot (ro) m
• Russian: води́тель (ru) m (vodítelʹ), води́тельница (ru) f (vodítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: возач m, возачица f

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

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

program acting as interface between an application and hardware

• Arabic: مَشْغَل m (mašḡal)
• Armenian: դրայվեր (drayver)
• Bulgarian: драйвър m (drajvǎr)
• Catalan: controlador de dispositiu m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 驅動程式／驱动程式 (keoi¹ dung⁶ cing⁴ sik¹), 驅動程序／驱动程序 (keoi¹ dung⁶ cing⁴ zeoi⁶)

  Mandarin: 驅動程式／驱动程式 (zh) (qūdòng chéngshì), 驅動程序／驱动程序 (zh) (qūdòng chéngxù), 驱动程序 (zh) (qūdòng chéngxù), 驅動／驱动 (zh) (qūdòng), 驱动 (zh) (qūdòng)

• Czech: ovladač (cs) m
• Dutch: stuurprogramma (nl) n
• Esperanto: pelilo
• Finnish: ajuri (fi)
• French: pilote (fr) m
• German: Treiber (de) m
• Greek: οδηγός (el) m (odigós)
• Hindi: ड्राइवर (hi) (ḍrāivar)
• Hungarian: illesztőprogram (hu)
• Icelandic: rekill (is) m
• Irish: tiománaí m
• Italian: driver (it) m
• Japanese: ドライバー (ja) (doraibā), ドライバ (ja) (doraiba)
• Korean: 드라이버 (ko) (deuraibeo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kurdish:
• Latvian: draiveris m, dzinis m
• Lithuanian: tvarkyklė f, draiveris m
• Macedonian: драјвер m (drajver)
• Malay: pemacu
• Maltese: drajver
• Maori: atekōkiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: driver (no) m, driverfil m or f

• Polish: sterownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: controlador (pt), driver (pt) m
• Russian: дра́йвер (ru) m (drájver)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: драјвер m, управљачки програм m

  Roman: dràjver (sh) m, upràvljāčkī prògram m

• Slovak: ovládač m
• Spanish: controlador (es) m
• Swahili: dereva (sw)
• Swedish: drivrutin (sv) c
• Turkish: sürücü (tr)
• Urdu: ڈرائیور (ḍrāivar)

golf club

• Finnish: draiveri (fi)
• German: Driver (de) m
• Irish: maide mór m, tiománaí m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: haupōro haukuru
• Serbo-Croatian: golf palica za duge udarce

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} xufier, ^{(please verify)} sewwieq
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} conductor (es) m, ^{(please verify)} manejador m (Mexico)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} dereva (sw)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} şöför (tr) m

See also

• chauffeur
• conductor
• pilot
• rider

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English driver.

Alternative forms

• driveur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁaj.vœʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural drivers)

1. (golf) driver

Etymology 2

From English drive +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁaj.ve/

Verb

driver

1. (golf outside Louisiana, Cajun) to drive

Conjugation

Conjugation of driver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	driver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	drivant /dʁaj.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		drivé /dʁaj.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	drive /dʁajv/	drives /dʁajv/	drive /dʁajv/	drivons /dʁaj.vɔ̃/	drivez /dʁaj.ve/	drivent /dʁajv/
	imperfect	drivais /dʁaj.vɛ/	drivais /dʁaj.vɛ/	drivait /dʁaj.vɛ/	drivions /dʁaj.vjɔ̃/	driviez /dʁaj.vje/	drivaient /dʁaj.vɛ/
	past historic2	drivai /dʁaj.ve/	drivas /dʁaj.va/	driva /dʁaj.va/	drivâmes /dʁaj.vam/	drivâtes /dʁaj.vat/	drivèrent /dʁaj.vɛʁ/
	future	driverai /dʁaj.və.ʁe/	driveras /dʁaj.və.ʁa/	drivera /dʁaj.və.ʁa/	driverons /dʁaj.və.ʁɔ̃/	driverez /dʁaj.və.ʁe/	driveront /dʁaj.və.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	driverais /dʁaj.və.ʁɛ/	driverais /dʁaj.və.ʁɛ/	driverait /dʁaj.və.ʁɛ/	driverions /dʁaj.və.ʁjɔ̃/	driveriez /dʁaj.və.ʁje/	driveraient /dʁaj.və.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	drive /dʁajv/	drives /dʁajv/	drive /dʁajv/	drivions /dʁaj.vjɔ̃/	driviez /dʁaj.vje/	drivent /dʁajv/
	imperfect2	drivasse /dʁaj.vas/	drivasses /dʁaj.vas/	drivât /dʁaj.va/	drivassions /dʁaj.va.sjɔ̃/	drivassiez /dʁaj.va.sje/	drivassent /dʁaj.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	drive /dʁajv/	—	drivons /dʁaj.vɔ̃/	drivez /dʁaj.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Anagrams

• verdir

Further reading

• “driver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Noun

driver m or f (uncountable)

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

driver m (uncountable)

1. driver (golf club; computer module)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

driver

1. present tense of drive

Derived terms

• (of the noun) pådriver

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾaj.veʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural s)

1. (computing) driver (program acting as interface between an application and hardware)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:driver.

Synonyms

• controlador

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Swedish

Verb

driver

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of driva.

Anagrams

• vrider