taxi

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):

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• Audio (UK):

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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."

   • 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) 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.

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[.]

References

Alternative forms

• tasi

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi (vehicle)

Noun

taxi ?

1. taxi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtak.si]

Etymology 1

Clipping of taxímetre.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. taxi

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑk.si/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ta‧xi
• Rhymes: -ɑksi

Noun

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

1. a taxi

Etymology

Shortening of taximètre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.si/

• Audio:

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Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi
2. (by extension) taxi driver
   • 1987, “Joe le taxi”, Étienne Roda-Gil (lyrics), Franck Langolff (music), performed by Vanessa Paradis:

     Joe le taxi / C’est sa vie

     Joe the taxi driver / This is his life

3. (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
4. (military) act of transporting troops

Further reading

• “taxi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ixât

Etymology

From German Taxi.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

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)

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si/, /tasˈsi/^*[1]

• Audio ("un tàxi"):

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• Rhymes: -aksi, -i
• Hyphenation: tà‧xi

Noun

taxi m

1. taxi

   Synonym: tassì

References

Noun

taxī

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. (Jersey) taxi

Etymology

From English taxi.

Noun

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

1. a taxi (only cars)

References

• “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• taksi

Etymology

From English taxi.

Noun

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

1. a taxi (cars only)

References

• “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• taksi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aksi
• Syllabification: ta‧xi

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

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.ˈsi/

• Audio:

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Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

1. taxi

   Synonym: (rare) taximetru

Etymology

Clipping of taxímetro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡsi/ [ˈt̪aɣ̞.si]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɡsi
• Syllabification: ta‧xi

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

   Synonyms: remise (Argentina), concho (Dominican Republic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtakːsɪ/

Noun

taxi c

1. taxi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.si/

Noun

taxi m

1. (nonstandard) taxi