Phillips screwdriver

Alternative forms

 * misspelling of eponymous referent is very common

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



 * 1) A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard flathead screwdriver.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 十字螺絲批
 * Mandarin:, 十字改錐, 十字螺絲起子, 十字起子
 * Czech: křížový šroubovák
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ristkruvikeeraja
 * Finnish: ristipääruuvimeisseli, ristipäämeisseli
 * French:
 * German: Kreuzschraubenzieher, Kreuzschraubendreher
 * Hungarian: csillagfejű csavarhúzó
 * Japanese: プラスドライバー
 * Swedish: stjärnmejsel, stjärnskruvmejsel, kryssmejsel