taxi
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]- 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.
- (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
[edit]- (vehicle hired for single journeys): cab, taxicab, yellow cab
Derived terms
[edit]- air taxi
- baby taxi
- battle taxi
- bike taxi
- bush taxi
- cockroach taxi
- e-taxi
- local taxi
- motorcycle taxi
- robotaxi
- share taxi
- taxibus
- taxicab
- taxi-cabman
- taxicam
- taxi dance
- taxi dancer
- taxi-dancer
- taxi-distance
- taxi distance
- taxi driver
- taxi fare
- Taxigate
- taxi-girl
- taxiless
- taxilike
- taximan
- taxiphone
- taxi pole
- taxi rank
- taxi squad
- taxi stand
- taxi uncle
- taxiway
- taxi yellow
- water taxi
Descendants
[edit]- → Burmese: တက္ကစီ (takka.ci)
- → Cantonese: 的士 (dik1 si6-2)
- → Mandarin: 的士 (dīshì, díshì)
- → Cantonese: 德士 (dak1 si6-2)
- → Irish: tacsaí
- → Japanese: タクシー (takushī)
- → Korean: 택시 (taeksi)
- → Malay: teksi
- → Welsh: tacsi
- → Yiddish: טאַקסי (taksi)
- → Yoruba: takisí; tasín
Translations
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]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[.]
Related terms
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (plural taxis)
- taxi (vehicle)
Basque
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi ?
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (plural taxis)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi f (plural taxis)
Further reading
[edit]- “taxi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi n (indeclinable)
Further reading
[edit]- “taxi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “taxi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi c (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxierne)
Synonyms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (plural taxi's, diminutive taxietje n)
- A taxi.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortening of taximètre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (plural taxis)
- taxi
- (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
- (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
- (military) act of transporting troops
Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: taxi
Further reading
[edit]- “taxi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi (plural taxik)
- taxi (a vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver)
Declension
[edit]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 (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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m
References
[edit]- ^ taxi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxī
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (plural taxis)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxiene)
- a taxi (only cars)
Synonyms
[edit]- drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxiar, definite plural taxiane)
- a taxi (cars only)
Synonyms
[edit]- drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French taxi.[1][2] First attested in the 20th century.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) taxi (vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver)
- Synonym: taksówka
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “taxi”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “taxi”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “taxi”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading
[edit]- taxi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- taxi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi n (plural taxiuri)
Declension
[edit]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 |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m (plural taxis)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “taxi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi c
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Walloon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taxi m
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂g- (touch)
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/æksi
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- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- ca:Biology
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- Czech terms spelled with X
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- nl:Vehicles
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- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Vehicles
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- ro:Transport
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