taxe
French edit
Etymology edit
From the verb taxer. Cf. also Medieval Latin taxa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxe f (plural taxes)
Usage notes edit
While both taxe and impôt are translated into English as tax, in French there is a distinction, not always observed. Formally, a taxe is levied on transactions, such as a sales tax or stamp duty, while an impôt is a compulsory charge, such as assessed on persons – an income tax, a poll tax, or a property tax, and the like.
However, usage is inconsistent, and taxe is often used generically to refer to all such levies, though this is decried by some as an Anglicism (due to influence from tax). See French Wikipedia articles on impôt and taxe for detailed discussion of formal definitions and usage.
The phrase «impôt et taxes» may be translated simply as “taxes”, or, if one wishes to emphasize a distinction, as “taxes and duties” (such as stamp duty). A more idiomatic, if less accurate, British translation would be “revenue and customs”, referring to HM Revenue and Customs.
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Verb edit
taxe
- inflection of taxer:
Further reading edit
- “taxe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Noun edit
taxe
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Either a back-formation from taxen or borrowed from Middle French taxe. Doublet of taske.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taxe (plural taxes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tax(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
taxe
- Alternative form of taxen
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxō, taxāre (“handle; censure; appraise; compute”, verb).
Noun edit
taxe f (plural taxes)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Compare Old English tādie (“toad”), Old English tosca, toxa (“frog”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tāxe f
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Portuguese edit
Verb edit
taxe
- inflection of taxar: