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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
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?a?.v?(?)/
- (US) enPR: dr??v?r, IPA(key): /?d?a?v?/
- Rhymes: -a?v?(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 […]
- 2016, John Swain, Digging Up The Pitmen (page 164)
- 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.
- 2014, Bridgette Wessels, Exploring Social Change: Process and Context (page 106)
- 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.
- 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 […]
- 1996, Popular Mechanics (volume 173, number 12)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- chauffeur
- conductor
- pilot
- rider
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English driver.
Alternative forms
- driveur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?aj.vœ?/
Noun
driver m (plural drivers)
- (golf) driver
Etymology 2
From English drive +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?aj.ve/
Verb
driver
- (golf outside Louisiana, Cajun French) to drive
Conjugation
Anagrams
- verdir
Further reading
- “driver” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English driver.
Noun
driver m or 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
Derived terms
- (of the noun) pådriver
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English driver.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d?aj.ve?/
Noun
driver m (plural drivers)
- (computing) driver (program acting as interface between an application and hardware)
- Synonym: controlador
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:driver.
Swedish
Verb
driver
- present tense of driva.
Anagrams
- vrider
driver From the web:
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autocross
English
Etymology
auto- +? cross
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???t???k??s/
Noun
autocross (uncountable)
- A form of motorsport that tests the skill and speed of a driver over a course marked out with traffic cones
Related terms
Translations
Italian
Etymology
Derived from auto- +? English cross.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aw.to?kr?s/
- Hyphenation: au?to?cròss
Noun
autocross m (invariable)
- autocross
References
- autocross in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
autocross From the web:
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