taxi

Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæk.si/

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• Rhymes: -æksi

taxi (plural taxis or taxies)

1. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
2. (South Africa) A share taxi.

• (vehicle hired for single journeys): cab
• (vehicle hired for single journeys): taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

• → Irish: tacsaí
• → Malay: teksi
• → Welsh: tacsi

• hackney cab

taxi (third-person singular simple present taxies or taxis, present participle taxiing or taxying, simple past and past participle taxied)

1. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.

   taxi down the runway

• taxiway

• tasi

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi (vehicle)

taxi

1. taxi

• taxilari
• taximetro

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si/

Clipping of taxímetre.

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

• taxista

taxi f (plural taxis)

1. (biology) taxis

• “taxi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

taxi n

1. taxi

• taxík

• taxi in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• taxi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

taxi c (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxierne)

1. taxi

• taxa

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taxi m (plural taxi's, diminutive taxietje n)

1. taxi

Shortening of taximètre.

• IPA^(key): /tak.si/

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taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi
2. (by extension) taxi driver
   • 1987, Étienne Roda-Gil (lyrics), Franck Langolff (music), “Joe le taxi”, performed by Vanessa Paradis:

     Joe le taxi / C'est sa vie

     Joe the taxi driver / This is his life

3. (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
4. (military) act of transporting troops

• “taxi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• ixât

From German Taxi.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒksi]
• Hyphenation: ta‧xi

taxi (plural taxik)

1. taxi (a vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver)

• taxis
• taxizik

(Compound words):

• taxiállomás
• taxióra
• taxisofőr

(Expressions):

• taxira van szükségem

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaksi/
• IPA^(key): [un ˈtaksi]
• Hyphenation: tà‧xi
• IPA^(key): /takˈsi/ (from the French taxi)

taxi m (plural taxi)

1. taxi

   Synonym: tassì

taxī

1. nominative plural of taxus
2. genitive singular of taxus
3. vocative plural of taxus

Borrowed from English taxi.

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. (Jersey) taxi

From English taxi

taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxiene)

1. a taxi (only cars)

• drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)

• taxibåt
• taxipris
• taxitur

• “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• taksi

From English taxi

taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxiar, definite plural taxiane)

1. a taxi (cars only)

• drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)

• taxibåt
• taxipris
• taxitur

• “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From French taxi.

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

1. taxi

• taximetru (rare)

Clipping of taxímetro.

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

• taxista

• “taxi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

taxi c

1. taxi

• taxameter

taxi m

1. (nonstandard) taxi