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See also: Taxi, táxi, and taxi-
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English

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Yellow cab taxis in New York City, the usual image of taxis in American culture
Black cab taxis in London, the usual image of taxis in British culture
A line of airplanes taxiing on the runway at DXB in Dubai in the UAE, 2007.
A shared taxi ("taxi") waiting for more passengers to leave in Johannesburg, South Africa (2017)

Etymology

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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] More at tax, task.

The aviation sense originally derived for a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtæk.si/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æksi

Noun

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taxi (countable and uncountable, plural taxis or taxies)

  1. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
    • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 12:
      "Taxi," he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."
    • 2007 August 24, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1:
      [Sobbing uncontrollably] I thought I could make it work between us because you looked a bit like a man.
      TAXI!
  2. (aviation, slang, obsolete) An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
    • 1912, Flight: The Aircraft Engineer:
      Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.
    • 1914, Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News:
      ... some similar untidy pile of what had been a school biplane is recorded to have acted the part of red rag to the bull of a "taxi" monoplane , which despite its driver's efforts insisted on charging and trampling on the battered fragments.
    • 1913, The Aeroplane:
      Mr. E. B. Bauman (new pupil) joined school and had first lesson on No. 2 taxi.
  3. (aviation, uncountable, countable) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
    During taxi, the flaps and slats are extended and the second engine (if not already running) is started.
    Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.
  4. (South Africa, Iran) Synonym of shared taxi.

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Verb

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

  1. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
    taxi down the runway
  2. To travel by taxicab.
    • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:
      [H]e had taxied to the waterfront bent upon a business in which nostalgia had no part[.]
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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi (vehicle)

Further reading

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  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “taxi”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “taxi”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Basque

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Noun

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taxi ?

  1. taxi

Declension

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Declension of taxi (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive taxi taxia taxiak taxiok
ergative taxik taxiak taxiek taxiok
dative taxiri taxiari taxiei taxioi
genitive taxiren taxiaren taxien taxion
comitative taxirekin taxiarekin taxiekin taxiokin
causative taxirengatik taxiarengatik taxiengatik taxiongatik
benefactive taxirentzat taxiarentzat taxientzat taxiontzat
instrumental taxiz taxiaz taxiez taxiotaz
innesive taxitan taxian taxietan taxiotan
locative taxitako taxiko taxietako taxiotako
allative taxitara taxira taxietara taxiotara
terminative taxitaraino taxiraino taxietaraino taxiotaraino
directive taxitarantz taxirantz taxietarantz taxiotarantz
destinative taxitarako taxirako taxietarako taxiotarako
ablative taxitatik taxitik taxietatik taxiotatik
partitive taxirik — — —
prolative taxitzat — — —

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of taxímetre.

Noun

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taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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taxi f (plural taxis)

  1. (biology) taxis

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Czech

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Noun

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taxi n (indeclinable)

  1. taxi
    Synonym: taxík

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Danish

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Noun

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

  1. taxi

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

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Noun

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

  1. a taxi

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French

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Etymology

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Shortening of taximètre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German Taxi.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative taxi taxik
accusative taxit taxikat
dative taxinak taxiknak
instrumental taxival taxikkal
causal-final taxiért taxikért
translative taxivá taxikká
terminative taxiig taxikig
essive-formal taxiként taxikként
essive-modal — —
inessive taxiban taxikban
superessive taxin taxikon
adessive taxinál taxiknál
illative taxiba taxikba
sublative taxira taxikra
allative taxihoz taxikhoz
elative taxiból taxikból
delative taxiról taxikról
ablative taxitól taxiktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		taxié taxiké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		taxiéi taxikéi
Possessive forms of taxi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. taxim taxijaim (or taxiim)
2nd person sing. taxid taxijaid (or taxiid)
3rd person sing. taxija taxijai (or taxii)
1st person plural taxink taxijaink (or taxiink)
2nd person plural taxitok taxijaitok (or taxiitok)
3rd person plural taxijuk taxijaik (or taxiik)

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtak.si/, /tasˈsi/*[1]
  • Audio ("un tàxi"):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aksi, -i
  • Hyphenation: tà‧xi

Noun

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taxi m

  1. taxi
    Synonym: tassì

References

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  1. ^ taxi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Noun

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taxī

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

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English taxi.

Noun

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taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. (Jersey) taxi

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English taxi.

Noun

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

  1. a taxi (only cars)

Synonyms

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English taxi.

Noun

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

  1. a taxi (cars only)

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

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French taxi.[1][2] First attested in the 20th century.[3]

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Noun

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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

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nouns

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “taxi”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “taxi”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “taxi”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Noun

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taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of táxi
  2. prescribed spelling of táxi under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French taxi.

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Noun

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taxi n (plural taxiuri)

  1. taxi
    Synonym: (rare) taximetru

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative taxi taxiul taxiuri taxiurile
genitive-dative taxi taxiului taxiuri taxiurilor
vocative taxiule taxiurilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Clipping of taxímetro.

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Noun

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taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi
    Synonyms: remise (Argentina), concho (Dominican Republic)

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Swedish

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Noun

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taxi c

  1. taxi

Declension

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Declension of taxi
nominative genitive
singular indefinite taxi taxis
definite taxin taxins
plural indefinite taxibilar taxibilars
definite taxibilarna taxibilarnas
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Walloon

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Noun

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taxi m

  1. (nonstandard) taxi
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