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
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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 edit
Translations edit
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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 | |
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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
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 |
2nd person sing. | taxid | taxijaid |
3rd person sing. | taxija | taxijai |
1st person plural | taxink | taxijaink |
2nd person plural | taxitok | taxijaitok |
3rd person plural | taxijuk | taxijaik |
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] (in Polish), volume 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
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
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