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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] More at tax, task.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæk.si/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • 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."
    • 2007 August 24, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1:
      I thought I could make it work between us because you looked a bit like a man.
      TAXI!
  2. (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.
  3. (South Africa) A share taxi.

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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[.]

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi (vehicle)

Basque

Noun

taxi ?

  1. taxi

Declension

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 (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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a taxi

Derived 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

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Taxi.[1]

Pronunciation

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(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)

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

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

Noun

taxi m

  1. taxi
    Synonym: tassì

References

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

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

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

nouns

References

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

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

Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

  1. taxi
    Synonym: (rare) taximetru

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of taxímetro.

Pronunciation

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

taxi c

  1. taxi

Declension

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun

taxi m

  1. (nonstandard) taxi