Phillips screwdriver

English

Alternative forms

philips screwdriver misspelling of eponymous referent is very common
phillips screwdriver

Etymology

From Henry F. Phillips, the name of the inventor of the tool and the screws that it is designed to work with, and screwdriver.

Noun

Phillips screwdriver (plural Phillips screwdrivers)

From left to right, a Phillips screwdriver and a flat-blade screwdriver.

A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard (flat-blade) screwdriver.

Related terms

phillips head, Phillips head
phillips head screwdriver, Phillips head screwdriver
phillips-head, Phillips-head
phillips-head screwdriver, Phillips-head screwdriver

Translations

screwdriver

Chinese:
Cantonese: 十字螺絲批, 十字螺丝批 (sap⁶ zi⁶ lo⁴ si¹ pai¹)

Mandarin: 十字螺絲刀, 十字螺丝刀 (shízì luósīdāo), 十字改錐, 十字改锥 (shízì gǎizhuī), 十字螺絲起子, 十字螺丝起子 (shízì luósī qǐzi), 十字起子 (shízì qǐzi)
Czech: křížový šroubovák m
Dutch: kruiskopschroevendraaier (nl) c
Estonian: ristkruvikeeraja

Finnish: ristipääruuvimeisseli, ristipäämeisseli
French: tournevis cruciforme m
German: Kreuzschraubenzieher m, Kreuzschraubendreher m
Hungarian: csillagfejű csavarhúzó
Japanese: プラスドライバー (purasu doraiba)

See also

Wikipedia article on Henry F. Phillips

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