taximeter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”), from Proto-Indo-European *tag- (“to touch, handle”).

Noun

taximeter (plural taximeters)

1. A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.

Derived terms

• taxi

Translations

device in a taxicab that calculates the fare

• Asturian: taxímetru m
• Catalan: taxímetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計程器／计程器 (jìchéngqì), 计程器 (jìchéngqì), 計程表／计程表 (zh) (jìchéngbiǎo), 计程表 (zh) (jìchéngbiǎo)

• Finnish: taksamittari (fi)
• French: taximètre (fr) m
• Galician: taxímetro m
• German: Taxameter (de) m
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• Greek: ταξίμετρο (el) n (taxímetro)
• Hungarian: taxaméter
• Italian: tassametro m
• Portuguese: taxímetro (pt) m
• Russian: таксо́метр (ru) m (taksómetr)
• Spanish: taxímetro (es) m
• Swedish: taxameter (sv) c

Further reading

• taximeter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• extra time, extra-time