Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English driver.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ドライバー (doraibā

  1. driver, a person who drives a vehicle
  2. (computing) driver, a program acting as interface between an application and hardware
  3. screwdriver

Descendants edit

  • Hakka: 多拉把 (tô-lai-pá, tô-lai-pà, tò-lái-pà)
  • Hokkien: 螺賴把螺赖把 (lo͘-lài-bà)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN