taxi
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”).[1] More at tax, task.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæk.si/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æksi
Noun
- 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."
- 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!
- [Sobbing uncontrollably] I thought I could make it work between us because you looked a bit like a man.
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- (aviation) 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.
- (South Africa) A share taxi.
Synonyms
- (vehicle hired for single journeys): cab, taxicab, yellow cab
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
vehicle
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See also
Verb
taxi (third-person singular simple present taxies or taxis, present participle taxiing or taxying, simple past and past participle taxied)
- To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
- taxi down the runway
- 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
move an aircraft
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Basque
Declension
Declension of taxi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | taxi | taxia | taxiak |
ergative | taxik | taxiak | taxiek |
dative | taxiri | taxiari | taxiei |
genitive | taxiren | taxiaren | taxien |
comitative | taxirekin | taxiarekin | taxiekin |
causative | taxirengatik | taxiarengatik | taxiengatik |
benefactive | taxirentzat | taxiarentzat | taxientzat |
instrumental | taxiz | taxiaz | taxiez |
inessive | taxitan | taxian | taxietan |
locative | taxitako | taxiko | taxietako |
allative | taxitara | taxira | taxietara |
terminative | taxitaraino | taxiraino | taxietaraino |
directive | taxitarantz | taxirantz | taxietarantz |
destinative | taxitarako | taxirako | taxietarako |
ablative | taxitatik | taxitik | taxietatik |
partitive | taxirik | — | — |
prolative | taxitzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- taxilari
- taximetro
Catalan
Etymology 1
Clipping of taxímetre.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “taxi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Synonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑk.si/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ta‧xi
- Rhymes: -ɑksi
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Shortening of taximètre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak.si/
Audio (file)
Noun
taxi m (plural taxis)
- taxi
- (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
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- (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
- (military) act of transporting troops
Further reading
- “taxi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɒksi]
- Hyphenation: ta‧xi
- Rhymes: -si
Noun
taxi (plural taxik)
- 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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
References
- 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
- 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/*[1]
Audio ("un tàxi") (file) - Rhymes: -aksi, -i
- Hyphenation: tà‧xi
References
- taxi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxiene)
- a taxi (only cars)
Synonyms
- drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)
References
- “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxiar, definite plural taxiane)
- a taxi (cars only)
Synonyms
- drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)
References
- “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtak.si/
Declension
Declension of taxi
singular | plural | |||
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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
- taximetru (rare)
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of taxímetro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaɡsi/ [ˈt̪aɣ̞.si]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɡsi
- Syllabification: ta‧xi
Derived terms
Further reading
- “taxi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Declension
Declension of taxi | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | taxi | taxin | taxibilar | taxibilarna |
Genitive | taxis | taxins | taxibilars | taxibilarnas |
Related terms
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