driver
See also: Driver
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/
- (US) enPR: drīʹvər, IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who drives something, e.g. cattle
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something that drives something
person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus
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person who drives some other vehicle
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program acting as interface between an application and hardware
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golf club
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See alsoEdit
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
driver m (plural drivers)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
driver
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of driver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | driver | |||||
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| 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 | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | drive /dʁajv/ |
— | drivons /dʁaj.vɔ̃/ |
drivez /dʁaj.ve/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “driver” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
driver m or f (invariable)
- driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)
driver m (invariable)
- driver (golf club; computer module)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
driver
Derived termsEdit
- (of the noun) pådriver
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
driver m (plural drivers)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:driver.
SynonymsEdit
SwedishEdit
VerbEdit
driver
- present tense of driva.