taxa
English edit
Etymology edit
The plural form of taxon, formed according to the Ancient Greek -ον (-on) → -α (-a) pluralisation pattern.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
taxa
- plural of taxon
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin taxāre (“to appraise”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxa f (plural taxes)
- rate (the proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another)
- taxa de mortalitat ― mortality rate
- tax
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Further reading edit
- “taxa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “taxa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “taxa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “taxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cuiba edit
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taxa
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of Taxamotorkompagniet, equivalent to taxameter + kompagnie, from Medieval Latin taxa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxa c (singular definite taxaen, plural indefinite taxaer)
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Greenlandic: taxa
Further reading edit
- taxa on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French edit
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Verb edit
taxa
- third-person singular past historic of taxer
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese taixa (14th century), from taixar (“to tax; to charge a fee”), from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō (“I handle; I compute”), from tangō (“I touch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxa f (plural taxas)
- fee (monetary payment)
- (taxation) tax (money paid to the government)
- 1368, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 259:
- prometo, commo leal vasallo, deles fazer pagar as ditas taixas et pedidos et dézemos que devan
- I promise, as a loyal vassal, to make them pay the aforementioned taxes and allotments and tithes that they owe
- (economics) a percentage or ratio of a value
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References edit
- “taxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “taixa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “taxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “taxa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxa (plural taxat)
Latin edit
Verb edit
taxā
References edit
- “taxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- taxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- taxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From taxar (“to tax; to charge a fee”), from Latin taxāre (“to handle; to compute”), from tangō (“to touch”).
Noun edit
taxa f (plural taxas)
- fee (monetary payment charged for professional services)
- tax (money paid to the government)
- (mathematics, statistics) rate (amount measured in relation to another amount)
- Synonym: índice
- (economics) a percentage or ratio of a value
- Synonyms: percentagem, razão
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
taxa
- inflection of taxar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French taxer, from Latin taxare.
Verb edit
a taxa (third-person singular present taxează, past participle taxat) 1st conj.
- to tax
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a taxa | ||||||
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gerund | taxând | ||||||
past participle | taxat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | taxez | taxezi | taxează | taxăm | taxați | taxează | |
imperfect | taxam | taxai | taxa | taxam | taxați | taxau | |
simple perfect | taxai | taxași | taxă | taxarăm | taxarăți | taxară | |
pluperfect | taxasem | taxaseși | taxase | taxaserăm | taxaserăți | taxaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să taxez | să taxezi | să taxeze | să taxăm | să taxați | să taxeze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | taxează | taxați | |||||
negative | nu taxa | nu taxați |