ドライバー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ドライバー [dòráíbáá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ドラ​イバー [dòráꜜìbàà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ɾa̠iba̠ː]

Noun

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

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