taxi

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See also: Taxi, táxi, and taxi-

English

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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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæk.si/
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  • 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.
    • 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."
  2. (South Africa) A share taxi.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

See also

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.
    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[.]

Related terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=taxi

Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi (vehicle)

Basque

Noun

taxi ?

  1. taxi

Declension

Template:eu-decl-inanim noun

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of taxímetre.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

taxi f (plural taxis)

  1. (biology) taxis

Further reading

Czech

Noun

taxi n

  1. taxi

Synonyms

Further reading

Danish

Noun

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

  1. taxi

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. A taxi.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

French

Etymology

Shortening of taximètre.

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Taxi.[1]

Pronunciation

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

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

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
2nd person sing. taxid taxijaid
3rd person sing. taxija taxijai
1st person plural taxink taxijaink
2nd person plural taxitok taxijaitok
3rd person plural taxijuk taxijaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

(Expressions):

References

  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

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

taxi m

  1. taxi
    Synonym: tassì

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) taxī

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

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French taxi.

Pronunciation

Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

  1. taxi

Declension

Declension of taxi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) taxi taxiul (niște) taxiuri taxiurile
genitive/dative (unui) taxi taxiului (unor) taxiuri taxiurilor
vocative taxiule taxiurilor

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of taxímetro.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

taxi c

  1. taxi

Declension

Declension of taxi 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative taxi taxin taxibilar taxibilarna
Genitive taxis taxins taxibilars taxibilarnas

Related terms

Walloon

Noun

taxi m

  1. (nonstandard) taxi
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