Meanings
noundriver's license (plural driver's licenses)
plural driver's licenses · alternative driver license · alternative drivers license
- USA 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.
Synonyms: driving licence, driver's licence, driver licence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans rybewys
- rybewysdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Arabic رُخْصَةُ سِيَاقَة, رُخْصَةُ قِيَادَة
- رُخْصَةُ سِيَاقَة (ruḵṣatu siyāqa)documenting permitting a person to drive
- رُخْصَةُ قِيَادَة (ruḵṣatu qiyāda)documenting permitting a person to drive
- إِجَازَةُ سَيَاقَة (ʔijāzatu sayāqa)documenting permitting a person to drive
Bengali ড্রাইভার লাইসেন্স
- ড্রাইভার লাইসেন্স (ḍraibhar laiśenśo)documenting permitting a person to drive
Bulgarian шофьо́рска ка́рта, шофьо́рска кни́жка
- шофьо́рска ка́рта (šofjórska kárta)documenting permitting a person to drive
- шофьо́рска кни́жка (šofjórska knížka)documenting permitting a person to drive
Catalan permís de conduir
- permís de conduirdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Chinese Cantonese 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照, 駕照 /驾照
- 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照 (gaa³ sai² zap¹ ziu³)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 駕照 /驾照 (gaa³ ziu³)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 車牌 /车牌 (ce¹ paai⁴)documenting permitting a person to drive
Chinese Mandarin 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照, 駕照 /驾照
- 駕駛執照 /驾驶执照 (jiàshǐ zhízhào)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 駕照 /驾照 (jiàzhào)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 駕證 /驾证 (jiàzhèng)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 車本兒 /车本儿 (chēběnr)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 駕駛證 /驾驶证 (jiàshǐzhèng)documenting permitting a person to drive
Czech řidičský průkaz, řidičák
- řidičský průkazdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- řidičákdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Danish kørekort, førerbevis
- kørekortdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- førerbevisdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Dutch rijbewijs, rijvaardigheidsbewijs
- rijbewijsdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- rijvaardigheidsbewijsdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Esperanto kondukpermesilo, stirpermesilo
- kondukpermesilodocumenting permitting a person to drive
- stirpermesilodocumenting permitting a person to drive
Estonian juhiluba
- juhilubadocumenting permitting a person to drive
Finnish ajokortti
- ajokorttidocumenting permitting a person to drive
French permis de conduire
- permis de conduiredocumenting permitting a person to drive
German Führerschein, Fahrerlaubnis
- Führerscheindocumenting permitting a person to drive
- Fahrerlaubnisdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- Lenkberechtigungdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- Fahrausweisdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- Fahrberechtigungdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Greek άδεια οδήγησης, δίπλωμα οδήγησης
- άδεια οδήγησης (ádeia odígisis)documenting permitting a person to drive
- δίπλωμα οδήγησης (díploma odígisis)documenting permitting a person to drive
- δίπλωμα (díploma)documenting permitting a person to drive
Hebrew רִשְׁיוֹן נְהִיגָה
- רִשְׁיוֹן נְהִיגָה (rish'yón n'higá)documenting permitting a person to drive
Hindi ड्राइवर का लाइसेंस, ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस
- ड्राइवर का लाइसेंस (ḍrāivar kā lāisens)documenting permitting a person to drive
- ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस (ḍrāiviṅg lāisens)documenting permitting a person to drive
Hungarian jogosítvány, vezetői engedély
- jogosítványdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- vezetői engedélydocumenting permitting a person to drive
- gépjárművezetői engedélydocumenting permitting a person to drive
- vezetői jogosítványdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Icelandic ökuskírteini, ökuleyfi
- ökuskírteinidocumenting permitting a person to drive
- ökuleyfidocumenting permitting a person to drive
- bílprófdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Indonesian surat izin mengemudi, SIM
- surat izin mengemudidocumenting permitting a person to drive
- SIMdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Irish ceadúnas tiomána
- ceadúnas tiománadocumenting permitting a person to drive
Italian patente di guida
- patente di guidadocumenting permitting a person to drive
Japanese 運転免許証, 運転免許
- 運転免許証 (unten menkyoshō)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 運転免許 (unten menkyo)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 免許証 (menkyoshō)documenting permitting a person to drive
Korean 운전 면허증, 면허증
- 운전 면허증 (unjeon myeonheojeung)documenting permitting a person to drive
- 면허증 (myeonheojeung)documenting permitting a person to drive
Latin diploma gubernationis
- diploma gubernationisdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Latvian vadītāja apliecība, braukšanas apliecība
- vadītāja apliecībadocumenting permitting a person to drive
- braukšanas apliecībadocumenting permitting a person to drive
Lithuanian vairuotojo pažymėjimas
- vairuotojo pažymėjimasdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Malay lesen memandu
- lesen memandudocumenting permitting a person to drive
Norwegian Bokmål førerkort
- førerkortdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Polish prawo jazdy, prawko
- prawo jazdydocumenting permitting a person to drive
- prawkodocumenting permitting a person to drive
Portuguese carta de condução, carteira de motorista
- carta de conduçãodocumenting permitting a person to drive
- carteira de motoristadocumenting permitting a person to drive
- carteira de habilitaçãodocumenting permitting a person to drive
Romanian permis de conducere
- permis de conduceredocumenting permitting a person to drive
Russian води́тельское удостовере́ние, води́тельские права́
- води́тельское удостовере́ние (vodítelʹskoje udostoverénije)documenting permitting a person to drive
- води́тельские права́ (vodítelʹskije pravá)documenting permitting a person to drive
- права́ (pravá)documenting permitting a person to drive
Slovak šoférsky preukaz
- šoférsky preukazdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Spanish permiso de conducir, carné de conducir
- permiso de conducirdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- carné de conducirdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- registro de conductordocumenting permitting a person to drive
- licencia de conducir (Lat. Am)documenting permitting a person to drive
- libreta de conducirdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- licencia de manejodocumenting permitting a person to drive
- brevetedocumenting permitting a person to drive
Swahili leseni ya udereva
- leseni ya uderevadocumenting permitting a person to drive
Swedish körkort
- körkortdocumenting permitting a person to drive
Tagalog lisensiya sa pagmamaneho
- lisensiya sa pagmamanehodocumenting permitting a person to drive
Tamil ஓட்டுநர் உரிமம்
- ஓட்டுநர் உரிமம் (ōṭṭunar urimam)documenting permitting a person to drive
Thai ใบขับขี่, ใบอนุญาตขับขี่
- ใบขับขี่ (bai-kàp-kìi)documenting permitting a person to drive
- ใบอนุญาตขับขี่ (bai-à-nú-yâat-kàp-kìi)documenting permitting a person to drive
Turkish ehliyet, sürücü belgesi
- ehliyetdocumenting permitting a person to drive
- sürücü belgesidocumenting permitting a person to drive
Ukrainian воді́йське посві́дчення, воді́йські права́
- воді́йське посві́дчення (vodíjsʹke posvídčennja)documenting permitting a person to drive
- воді́йські права́ (vodíjsʹki pravá)documenting permitting a person to drive
Urdu ڈْرائِیوَر کا لائِسَنْس, ڈْرائِیوِنْگ لائِسَنْس
- ڈْرائِیوَر کا لائِسَنْس (ḍrāīvar kā lāisans)documenting permitting a person to drive
- ڈْرائِیوِنْگ لائِسَنْس (ḍrāīviṅg lāisans)documenting permitting a person to drive
Vietnamese giấy phép lái xe, bằng lái xe
- giấy phép lái xedocumenting permitting a person to drive
- bằng lái xedocumenting permitting a person to drive
Welsh trwydded yrru
- trwydded yrrudocumenting permitting a person to drive
Yiddish שאָפֿער־ליצענץ
- שאָפֿער־ליצענץ (shofer-litsents)documenting permitting a person to drive
Cite this entry
APA
driver's license. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driver's%20license
MLA
“driver's license.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driver's%20license. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driver's license,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driver's%20license.
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