driver

See also: Driver

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?].

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/
(US) enPR: drīʹvər, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)

Noun

driver (plural drivers)

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 […]
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.
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
A person who drives some other vehicle.
(computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
(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.
A mallet.
A tamping iron.
A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.

Derived terms

Terms derived from driver

driverside
driver's license
driver transistor
driver tube
driver valve

Translations

one who drives something

Bulgarian: водач (bg) m (vodač)
Catalan: conductor m
Finnish: ajaja (fi), kuljettaja (fi), kuski (fi)
French: conducteur (fr)
German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f
Greek: οδηγός (el) m, f (odigós)
Hungarian: sofőr (hu)
Irish: tiománaí m
Kamba: ndeleba
Kikuyu: derefa
Kurdish: ajovan‎‎ (ku) n, c
Luhya: omudereva
Luo: dreva
Macedonian: возач m (vozač)
Manx: immanagh m

Meru: ndereva
Navajo: naʼałbąąsii
Pashto: ډرېور‎‎ (Drewar)
Portuguese: condutor (pt) m
Punjabi: ډرېور m (ډرېور)
Romanian: conducător (ro) m
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)
Turkish: sürücü (tr), şoför (tr)
Welsh: gyrrwr (cy)

something that drives something

Catalan: conductor m
Greek: οδηγός (el) m, f (odigós)
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 (sāʾiq)
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 m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 司機 (si¹ gei¹)

Mandarin: 司機 (zh), 司机 (zh) (sījī), 駕駛員 (zh), 驾驶员 (zh) (jiàshǐyuán)
Czech: řidič (cs) m, řidička f, šofér (cs) m
Danish: chauffør (da) c
Dutch: bestuurder (nl) m, chauffeur (nl) m
Estonian: juht (et), autojuht
Finnish: kuljettaja (fi), ajaja (fi), kuski (fi) (colloquial)
French: conducteur (fr) m, chauffeur (fr) m
Georgian: მძღოლი (mʒɣoli)
German: Fahrer (de) m, Fahrerin (de) f
Greek: οδηγός (el) m, 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, 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) (jürgizwşi), шопыр (şopır)
Khmer: អ្នកបើកឡាន (neak baək laan), តៃកុង (tay koŋ)
Korean: 운전사 (ko) (unjeonsa), 기사 (ko) (gisa), 운전기사 (ko) (unjeon-gisa)
Kurdish: ajovan (ku) m, f, ajokar (ku) m, f, şofêr (ku) m, f, sayêq (ku) m, f
Kyrgyz: жүргүзүүчү (cürgüzüüçü), айдоочу (ky) (aydooçu), шофёр (ky) (şofyor)
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: taraiwa, 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), condutor (pt) m
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)
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 (sāʾiq)
Hijazi Arabic: سَوَّاق‎‎ m (sawwāg)
Armenian: վարորդ (hy) (varord)
Catalan: conductor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 司機 (zh), 司机 (zh) (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) m, f (odigós), (railway) μηχανοδηγός (el) m, f (michanodigós)
Hebrew: נהג‎‎ (he) m (nahag), נהגת‎‎ f (naheget)
Hindi: चालक (hi) (cālak), ड्राइवर (hi) (ḍrāivar)
Hungarian: sofőr (hu), vezető (hu)

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: ajovan (ku) m, f, ajokar (ku) m, f, şofêr (ku) m, f, sayêq (ku) m, f
Maori: taraiwa, kaitaraiwa
Portuguese: piloto (pt) m
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:
Mandarin: 驅動程序 (zh), 驱动程序 (zh) (qūdòng chéngxù), 驅動 (zh), 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)

Kurdish: ajok (ku) f
Latvian: draiveris m, dzinis m
Lithuanian: tvarkyklė f, draiveris m
Macedonian: драјвер m (drajver)
Maltese: drajver
Norwegian:
Bokmål: driver (no) m, driverfil m, f
Polish: sterownik (pl) m
Portuguese: controlador (pt), driver (pt) m
Russian: дра́йвер (ru) (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)
Irish: maide mór m, tiománaí m

Serbo-Croatian: golf palica za duge udarce

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Translations to be checked

Maltese: ^{(please verify)} xufier, ^{(please verify)} sewwieq
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} conductor (es) m, ^{(please verify)} manejador m (Mexico)

Swahili: ^{(please verify)} dereva (sw)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} şöför (tr) m

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English driver.

Alternative forms

driveur

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʁaj.vœʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural drivers)

(golf) driver

Etymology 2

From English drive +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʁaj.ve/

Verb

driver

(golf, Louisiana) 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 /dʁaj.vɑ̃/
past participle		drivé /dʁaj.ve/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic¹	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	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 /dʁajv/	drives /dʁajv/	drive /dʁajv/	drivions /dʁaj.vjɔ̃/	driviez /dʁaj.vje/	drivent /dʁajv/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	drivasse /dʁaj.vas/	drivasses /dʁaj.vas/	drivât /dʁaj.va/	drivassions /dʁaj.va.sjɔ̃/	drivassiez /dʁaj.va.sje/	drivassent /dʁaj.vas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	drive /dʁajv/	—	drivons /dʁaj.vɔ̃/	drivez /dʁaj.ve/	—
¹literary tenses

Anagrams

verdir

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Noun

driver m, f (invariable)

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

driver m (invariable)

driver (golf club; computer module)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

driver

present tense of drive

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾaj.veʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural drivers)

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:driver.

Synonyms

controlador

Swedish

Verb

driver

present tense of driva.

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French

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Italian

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