Phrase guide

driver's license

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A document issued to a specific person by a government authority, permitting this person to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on public roads and highways, often used as an identification document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: driver's licence, driving license, driving licence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: license, licence, permit

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rybewys — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Albanian: patentë shoferi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Albanian: leja e drejtimit — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Amharic: መንጃ ፍቃድ (mänǧa fəḳad) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Arabic: رُخْصَة سِيَاقَة (ruḵṣat siyāqa) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Arabic: رُخْصَة قِيَادَة (ruḵṣat qiyāda) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Arabic: إِجَازَة سَيَاقَة (ʔijāzat sayāqa) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Arabic: ليسن (lēsin) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܦܣܵܢܘܼܬ ܛܪܵܝܬܵܐ (mapsānūt ṭrāytā) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Armenian: վարորդական վկայական (varordakan vkayakan) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Armenian: վարորդական (varordakan) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Armenian: վարորդական իրավունքի վկայական (varordakan iravunkʻi vkayakan) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Armenian: պռավա (pṙava) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Azerbaijani: sürücülük vəsiqəsi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Belarusian: пасве́дчанне кіро́ўцы (pasvjédčannje kirówcy) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Belarusian: вадзі́цельскае пасве́дчанне (vadzícjelʹskaje pasvjédčannje) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Belarusian: правы́ кіро́ўцы (pravý kirówcy) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Bengali: ড্রাইভার লাইসেন্স (ḍraibhar laiśenśo) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Bulgarian: шофьо́рска ка́рта (šofjórska kárta) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Bulgarian: шофьо́рска кни́жка (šofjórska knížka) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Burmese: ယာဉ်မောင်းလိုင်စင် (yanymaung:luingcang) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Catalan: permís de conduir — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Cantonese: 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照 (gaa3 sai2 zap1 ziu3) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Cantonese: 駕照 /驾照 (gaa3 ziu3) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Cantonese: 車牌 /车牌 (ce1 paai4) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese: 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照 (kà-sú chip-chiàu) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese: 駕照 /驾照 (zh-min-nan) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese: 車頭字 /车头字 (chhia-thâu-lī) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese: 車字 /车字 (chhia-lī) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照 (jiàshǐ zhízhào) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駕照 /驾照 (jiàzhào) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駕證 /驾证 (jiàzhèng) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車本兒 /车本儿 (chēběnr) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駕駛證 /驾驶证 (jiàshǐzhèng) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Czech: řidičský průkaz — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Czech: řidičák — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Danish: kørekort — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Danish: førerbevis — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Dutch: rijbewijs — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Dutch: rijvaardigheidsbewijs — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Dzongkha: འཁོར་ཐམ ('khor tham) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Dzongkha: འགྲུལ་འཁོར་གཏང་ཆོག་པའི་ཆོག་ཐམ ('grul 'khor gtang chog pa'i chog tham) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Esperanto: kondukpermesilo — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Esperanto: stirpermesilo — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Estonian: juhiluba — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Faroese: koyrikort — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Finnish: ajokortti — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • French: permis de conduire — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Georgian: მართვის მოწმობა (martvis moc̣moba) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • German: Führerschein — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • German: Fahrerlaubnis — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • German: Lenkberechtigung — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • German: Fahrausweis — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • German: Fahrberechtigung — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Greek: άδεια οδήγησης (ádeia odígisis) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Greek: δίπλωμα οδήγησης (díploma odígisis) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Greek: δίπλωμα (díploma) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Greenlandic: ingerlatitsisinnaanermut allagartaq — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Greenlandic: kørekorti — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Gujarati: ચાલક નું પ્રમાણત્ર (cālak nũ pramāṇatra) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hebrew: רִשְׁיוֹן נְהִיגָה (rish'yón n'higá) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hindi: ड्राइवर का लाइसेंस (ḍrāivar kā lāisens) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hindi: ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस (ḍrāiviṅg lāisens) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hungarian: jogosítvány — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hungarian: vezetői engedély — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hungarian: gépjárművezetői engedély — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Hungarian: vezetői jogosítvány — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Icelandic: ökuskírteini — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Icelandic: ökuleyfi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Icelandic: bílpróf — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Indonesian: surat izin mengemudi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Indonesian: SIM — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Irish: ceadúnas tiomána — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Italian: patente di guida — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Japanese: 運転免許証 (unten menkyoshō) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Japanese: 運転免許 (unten menkyo) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Japanese: 免許証 (menkyoshō) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Kazakh: жүргізуші куәлігі (jürgızuşı kuälıgı) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Khmer: ប័ណ្ណបើកបររថយន្ត (ban baək bɑɑ rŭət yŭən) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Khmer: ពែរមីបើកឡាន (pɛɛmii baək laan) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Korean: 운전 면허증 (unjeon myeonheojeung) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Korean: 면허증 (myeonheojeung) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Northern Kurdish: ajoname — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Northern Kurdish: ehliyet — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Kyrgyz: алып жүрүү укуктары (alıp jürüü ukuktarı) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Kyrgyz: айдоочунун күбөлүгү (aydoocunun kübölügü) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Lao: ໃບຂັບຂີ່ (bai khap khī) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Latin: diploma gubernationis — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Latvian: vadītāja apliecība — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Latvian: braukšanas apliecība — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Lithuanian: vairuotojo pažymėjimas — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Macedonian: возачка дозвола (vozačka dozvola) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Malay: lesen memandu — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Maltese: liċenzja tas-sewqan — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Mongolian: жолоочийн үнэмлэх (žoloočiin ünemlex) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠯᠤᠭᠤᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠦᠨᠡᠮᠯᠡᠬᠦ (ǰiluɣuči-yin ünemlekü) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førerkort — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førarkort — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Ojibwe: odaabii'iwe-mazina'igaans — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Pannonian Rusyn: вожацка дозвола (vožacka dozvola) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Dari: لَایْسَنْسِ رَانَنْدَگِی (lāysans-i rānandagī) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Dari: جَوَازِ رَانَنْدَگِی (jawāz-i rānandagī) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Iranian Persian: گُواهینامِهٔ رانَنْدِگی (govâhi-nâme-ye rânandegi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Polish: prawo jazdy — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Polish: prawko — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Portuguese: carta de condução — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Portuguese: carteira de motorista — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Portuguese: carteira de habilitação — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Romanian: permis de conducere — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Russian: води́тельское удостовере́ние (vodítelʹskoje udostoverénije) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Russian: води́тельские права́ (vodítelʹskije pravá) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Russian: права́ (pravá) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Northern Sami: vuodjingoarta — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Serbo-Croatian: возачка дозвола — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Serbo-Croatian: vozačka dozvola — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Slovak: šoférsky preukaz — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Slovene: vozniško dovoljenje — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: permiso de conducir — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: carné de conducir — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: registro de conductor — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: licencia de conducir (Lat. Am) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: libreta de conducir — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: licencia de manejo — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Spanish: brevete — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Swahili: leseni ya udereva — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Swedish: körkort — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Tagalog: lisensiya sa pagmamaneho — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Tajik: шаҳодатномаи ронандагӣ (šahodatnoma-yi ronandagi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Tamil: ஓட்டுநர் உரிமம் (ōṭṭunar urimam) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Thai: ใบขับขี่ (bai-kàp-kìi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Thai: ใบอนุญาตขับขี่ (bai-à-nú-yâat-kàp-kìi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Tigrinya: ፍቓድ መምህርሒ መኪና (fəx̣ad mämhərḥi mäkina) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Turkish: ehliyet — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Turkish: sürücü belgesi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Turkmen: sürüjilik şahadatnamasy — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Ukrainian: воді́йське посві́дчення (vodíjsʹke posvídčennja) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Ukrainian: воді́йські права́ (vodíjsʹki pravá) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Urdu: ڈْرائِیوَر کا لائِسَنْس (ḍrāīvar kā lāisans) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Urdu: ڈْرائِیوِنْگ لائِسَنْس (ḍrāīviṅg lāisans) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Uyghur: شوپۇرلۇق كىنىشكىسى (shopurluq kinishkisi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Uyghur: شوپۇرلۇق پراۋىسى (shopurluq prawisi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Uyghur: ھەيدەش كىنىشكىسى (heydesh kinishkisi) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Uyghur: پىراۋا (pirawa) — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Uzbek: haydovchilik guvohnomasi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Uzbek: shofyorlik guvohnomasi — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Vietnamese: giấy phép lái xe — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Vietnamese: bằng lái xe — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Volapük: toodamazöt — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Welsh: trwydded yrru — documenting permitting a person to drive
  • Yiddish: שאָפֿער־ליצענץ (shofer-litsents) — documenting permitting a person to drive