taxi en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtæksi/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtaksɪ/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /ˈtakse/ (Scotland)
- /ˈtaksɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈtɛksi/ (New-Zealand)
- audio SSB
- /ˈtaksi/ (Scotland)
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”). More at tax, task. The aviation sense originally derived from a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
[Sobbing uncontrollably] I thought I could make it work between us because you looked a bit like a man. TAXI!
2007 August 24, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 1I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.
"Taxi," he called. And when one pulled up to the curb with screeching brakes he ordered, "The nearest restaurant."
1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 12:
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(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
Mr. E. B. Bauman (new pupil) joined school and had first lesson on No. 2 taxi.
1913, The Aeroplane:... some similar untidy pile of what had been a school biplane is recorded to have acted the part of red rag to the bull of a "taxi" monoplane , which despite its driver's efforts insisted on charging and trampling on the battered fragments.
1914, Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News:Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.
1912, Flight: The Aircraft Engineer:
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
- (Iran, South-Africa, countable, uncountable) Synonym of shared taxi.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| taxis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
taxi bot · water taxi · taxi rank · robotaxi · taxiway · taxi dance hall · bike taxi · baby taxi · taxi stand · Taxigate · taxi pole · taxi-girl · taxi fare · taxi-dance hall · taxiful · taximan · burrito taxi · taxiplane · shared taxi · air taxi · e-taxi · taxi uncle · battle taxi · local taxi · taxi dancing · self-driving taxi · taxi-dancer · taxi yellow · taxiless · cockroach taxi · motorcycle taxi · taxi squad · taxicam · velotaxi · taxi dance · taxi-dance · taxi distance · robot taxi · share taxi · bush taxi · taxi-distance · taxilike · taxicab · taxi-cabman · taxi dancer · taxibus · taxi driver · taxiphone
Descendants
tāākji · טאַקסי · တက္ကစီ · 德士 · tacsi · 的士 · タクシー · tasín · takisii · takihī · takisí · tacsaí · 택시 · teksi
Hyponyms
helicab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · pedicab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · minicab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · airtaxi (vehicle hired for single journeys) · bike cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · shared taxi (vehicle hired for single journeys) · cabulance (vehicle hired for single journeys) · jitney (vehicle hired for single journeys) · hackney cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · gyrocab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · taxicab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · black cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · Lyft (vehicle hired for single journeys) · robotaxi (vehicle hired for single journeys) · yellow cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · gypsy cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · Uber (vehicle hired for single journeys) · aerocab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · aircab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · baby taxi (vehicle hired for single journeys) · motorcycle taxi (vehicle hired for single journeys) · hackney carriage (vehicle hired for single journeys) · hack cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · rideshare (vehicle hired for single journeys)
Synonyms
cab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · shared taxi · motorcab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · autocab (vehicle hired for single journeys) · taxicab (vehicle hired for single journeys)
Translations (171)
pl taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · uk таксі́ (vehicle available for public hire) · sv taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · kw taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · bo ཊེག་སི (vehicle available for public hire) · ar سَيَّارَةُ أُجْرَة (vehicle available for public hire) · fr taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · khb ᦷᦟᧆᦋᧁᧈ (vehicle available for public hire) · yo takisí (vehicle available for public hire) · sk taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · aii ܛܵܟ݂ܣܝܼ (vehicle available for public hire) · yue 出租車 /出租车 (vehicle available for public hire) · lo ຕັກຊີ (vehicle available for public hire) · tg такси (vehicle available for public hire) · uk таксі́вка (vehicle available for public hire) · no drosje (vehicle available for public hire) · gl taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · lo ລົດຕັກຊີ (vehicle available for public hire) · ja 辻自動車 (vehicle available for public hire) · mk такси (vehicle available for public hire) · it tassì (vehicle available for public hire) · yue 老的 (vehicle available for public hire) · hi टैक्सी (vehicle available for public hire) · dng такси (vehicle available for public hire) · de Taxe (vehicle available for public hire) · ky такси (vehicle available for public hire) · yi טאַקסי (vehicle available for public hire) · ti ታክሲ (vehicle available for public hire) · pl taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · vi tắc xi (vehicle available for public hire) · bo གླ་རྒྱུག་མོ་ཊ (vehicle available for public hire) · sh та̀кси (vehicle available for public hire) · pt táxi (vehicle available for public hire) · my တက်စီ (vehicle available for public hire) · sh tàksi (vehicle available for public hire) · as টেক্সী (vehicle available for public hire) · ko 딱씨 (vehicle available for public hire) · mh tāākji (vehicle available for public hire) · ko 택시 (vehicle available for public hire) · hak 他庫西 /他库西 (vehicle available for public hire) · lv taksis (vehicle available for public hire) · ar تَاكْسِي (vehicle available for public hire) · es libre (vehicle available for public hire) · ne ट्याक्सी (vehicle available for public hire) · ga tacsaí (vehicle available for public hire) · kmr taksî (vehicle available for public hire) · la taxiraeda (vehicle available for public hire) · is leigubíll (vehicle available for public hire) · gv taksee (vehicle available for public hire) · tl taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · be таксо́ўка (vehicle available for public hire) · mww tav xij (vehicle available for public hire) · cmn 出租車 /出租车 (vehicle available for public hire) · yue 的士 (vehicle available for public hire) · is taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · tk taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · el ταξί (vehicle available for public hire) · io taxio (vehicle available for public hire) · be таксі́ (vehicle available for public hire) · wuu 差頭 /差头 (vehicle available for public hire) · af huurmotor (vehicle available for public hire) · ca taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · cmn 計程車 /计程车 (vehicle available for public hire) · za cuzcuhceh (vehicle available for public hire) · ug تاكسى (vehicle available for public hire) · is leigubifreið (vehicle available for public hire) · gu ટેક્સી (vehicle available for public hire) · uz taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · pdt Taksie (vehicle available for public hire) · kn ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿ (vehicle available for public hire) · eo taksio (vehicle available for public hire) · es taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · lo ລົດເຊົ່າ (vehicle available for public hire) · tr taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · eu taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · te టాక్సీ (vehicle available for public hire) · ps ټکسي (vehicle available for public hire) · cmn 出租汽車 /出租汽车 (vehicle available for public hire) · he מוֹנִית (vehicle available for public hire) · de Taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · mr टॅक्सी (vehicle available for public hire) · it taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · ta டாக்ஸி (vehicle available for public hire) · hi टेक्सी (vehicle available for public hire) · ast taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · gu ભાડૂતી ગાડી (vehicle available for public hire) · mi takihī (vehicle available for public hire) · alt такси (vehicle available for public hire) · az taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · nan-hbl 計程車 /计程车 (vehicle available for public hire) · nn taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · kl taxa (vehicle available for public hire) · hy տաքսի (vehicle available for public hire) · da hyrevogn (vehicle available for public hire) · ka ტაქსი (vehicle available for public hire) · da taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · ja タクシー (vehicle available for public hire) · yo tasín (vehicle available for public hire) · scn tassì (vehicle available for public hire) · ast tasi (vehicle available for public hire) · da vogn (vehicle available for public hire) · mn ᠲ᠋ᠠᠻᠰᠢ (vehicle available for public hire) · so tagsi (vehicle available for public hire) · om taaksii (vehicle available for public hire) · ms teksi (vehicle available for public hire) · cy tacsi (vehicle available for public hire) · am ታክሲ (vehicle available for public hire) · cmn 的士 (vehicle available for public hire) · mn такси (vehicle available for public hire) · eo kabo (vehicle available for public hire) · sl taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · aii ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܐܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ (vehicle available for public hire) · za ciokco (vehicle available for public hire) · kk такси (vehicle available for public hire) · lb Taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · bn ক্যাব (vehicle available for public hire) · kmr texsî (vehicle available for public hire) · es taxímetro (vehicle available for public hire) · km តាក់ស៊ី (vehicle available for public hire) · yue 計程車 /计程车 (vehicle available for public hire) · dv ޓެކްސީ (vehicle available for public hire) · cs taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · fr taxi-auto (vehicle available for public hire) · ht taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · bg такси́ (vehicle available for public hire) · th รถแท็กซี่ (vehicle available for public hire) · hak 計程車 /计程车 (vehicle available for public hire) · sq taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · fa-ira تاکْسی (vehicle available for public hire) · et takso (vehicle available for public hire) · lv taksometrs (vehicle available for public hire) · ru таксомото́р (vehicle available for public hire) · nn drosje (vehicle available for public hire) · hu taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · id taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · gd tagsaidh (vehicle available for public hire) · lt taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · ml ടാക്സി (vehicle available for public hire) · pa ਟੈਕਸੀ (vehicle available for public hire) · sw teksi (vehicle available for public hire) · acw تَكسي (vehicle available for public hire) · cdo 的士 (vehicle available for public hire) · ro taximetru (vehicle available for public hire) · bn ট্যাক্সি (vehicle available for public hire) · ru такси́ (vehicle available for public hire) · af taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · or ଟ୍ୟାକ୍ସି (vehicle available for public hire) · pl taksówka (vehicle available for public hire) · cmn 德士 (vehicle available for public hire) · it taxì (vehicle available for public hire) · cs taxík (vehicle available for public hire) · da taxa (vehicle available for public hire) · ha tā̀sî (vehicle available for public hire) · io fiakro (vehicle available for public hire) · vo taxid (vehicle available for public hire) · vi xe tắc xi (vehicle available for public hire) · my တက္ကစီ (vehicle available for public hire) · kk тәксі (vehicle available for public hire) · nn taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · lo ລົດຮັບຈ້າງ (vehicle available for public hire) · chr ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏦᏙᏗ (vehicle available for public hire) · ro taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · th แท็กซี่ (vehicle available for public hire) · ny takisii class 9/6 (vehicle available for public hire) · vo loatatood (vehicle available for public hire) · wa taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · nl taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · no taxi (vehicle available for public hire) · si ටැක්සිය (vehicle available for public hire) · fi taksi (vehicle available for public hire) · ur ٹَیکْسِی (vehicle available for public hire)