taxi

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English

Etymology

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”). More at tax, task.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæk.si/
• Rhymes: -æksi

Noun

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.
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2. (aviation) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.

3. (South Africa) A share taxi.

Synonyms

• (vehicle hired for single journeys): cab, taxicab, yellow cab

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Burmese: တက္ကစီ (takka.ci)
• → Cantonese: 的士 (dik¹ si^6-2)
  • → Mandarin: 的士 (dīshì, díshì)
• → Cantonese: 德士 (dak¹ si^6-2)
• → Irish: tacsaí
• → Japanese: タクシー (takushī)
  • → Hakka: 他庫西／他库西 (thà-khu-sí)
• → Korean: 택시 (taeksi)
• → Malay: teksi
• → Welsh: tacsi
• → Yiddish: טאַקסי (taksi)
• → Yoruba: takisí; tasín

Translations

See also

• hackney cab

Verb

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.

2. To travel by taxicab.

Related terms

• taxicab
• taxiway

Translations

References

Asturian

Alternative forms

• tasi

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi (vehicle)

Basque

Noun

taxi ?

1. taxi

Declension

Derived terms

• taxilari
• taximetro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtak.si]

Etymology 1

Clipping of taxímetre.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

Derived terms

• taxista

Etymology 2

Noun

taxi f (plural taxis)

1. (biology) taxis

Further reading

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

Czech

Noun

taxi n (indeclinable)

1. taxi

   Synonym: taxík

Further reading

• “taxi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “taxi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

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

1. taxi

Synonyms

• taxa

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑk.si/
• Hyphenation: ta‧xi
• Rhymes: -ɑksi

Noun

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

1. a taxi

Derived terms

• taxichauffeur

Related terms

• taxi-auto
• taximeter

Descendants

• → Aukan: takisi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: taxi
• → Indonesian: taksi

French

Etymology

Shortening of taximètre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.si/

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

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

Descendants

• → Polish: taxi
• → Persian: تاکسی (tâksi)

Further reading

• “taxi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ixât

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Taxi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

taxi (plural taxik)

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

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• taxi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si/, /tasˈsi/^*
• Rhymes: -aksi, -i
• Hyphenation: tà‧xi

Noun

taxi m

1. taxi

   Synonym: tassì

References

Latin

Noun

taxī

1. inflection of taxus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. (Jersey) taxi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English taxi.

Noun

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

1. a taxi (only cars)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• taxibåt
• taxipris
• taxitur

References

• “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• taksi

Etymology

From English taxi.

Noun

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

1. a taxi (cars only)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• taxibåt
• taxipris
• taxitur

References

• “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• taksi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French taxi. First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si/
• Rhymes: -aksi
• Syllabification: ta‧xi

Noun

taxi n (indeclinable)

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

   Synonym: taksówka

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• taxi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• taxi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.ˈsi/

Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

1. taxi

   Synonym: (rare) taximetru

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of taxímetro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡsi/ [ˈt̪aɣ̞.si]
• Rhymes: -aɡsi
• Syllabification: ta‧xi

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

   Synonyms: remise (Argentina), concho (Dominican Republic)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “taxi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtakːsɪ/

Noun

taxi c

1. taxi

Declension

Related terms

• taxameter

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.si/

Noun

taxi m

1. (nonstandard) taxi