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English

Etymology

Shortened from taxicab, a portmanteau of taximeter and cabriolet.

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-taxi.ogg
: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æksi|-æksi

Noun

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public and driven by a taxi driver.

Synonyms

cab
taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

Related terms

Translations

Afrikaans: huurmotor
Arabic:
Chinese:
: Cantonese: 的士 (dīksí)
: Mandarin: 計程車 (jìchéngchē), 的士 (díshì)
Croatian: {{t-|hr|taksi|m}}
Danish: ,
Dutch:
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|taxi|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Taxi|n}}
Greek: ταξί (taxí)
Hungarian:

Icelandic: {{t-|is|taxi|m}}, {{t+|is|leigubíll|m}}
Indonesian: {{t-|id|taksi|xs=Indonesian}}
Italian: {{t+|it|tassì|m}}
Japanese: {{t+|ja|タクシー|tr=takushii|sc=Jpan}}
Korean: 택시 (taeksi)
Malaysian: teksi
Norwegian: #Norwegian|taxi/taksi , drosje
Polish: {{t+|pl|taxi|m}}, {{t+|pl|taksówka|m}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|táxi|m}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|такси|n|tr=taksí|sc=Cyrl}}
Spanish: taxi , taxímetro , libre
Swedish: {{t-|sv|taxi|c}}
Welsh: {{t-|cy|tacsi|m|xs=Welsh}}

Verb

To move an aircraft around an airport under its own power.

Related terms

taxiway

Translations

Danish: taxie
German:
Icelandic:

Norwegian:
Swedish:
Spanish:

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Norwegian

Alternative spellings

taksi

Noun

#English|taxi (only cars)

Synonyms

drosje (also horse wagons, etc)

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Romanian

Etymology

Short form of taximetru

Noun

taxi (plural: taximetre)

taxi#English|taxi

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Spanish

Noun

taxi#English|taxi

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Swedish

Noun

taxi

taxi#English|taxi

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English taxi \tax"i\, n.
1. same as taxicab.
[PJC]

2. any vehicle that carries passengers for a fare, as a water
taxi.
[PJC]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English taxicab \tax"i*cab\, n.
an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired
to carry passengers; -- also called a taxi, and informally
called a cab or a hack. The driver of a taxicab is
referred to as a cab driver or cabbie, and sometimes as a
chauffeur or hackie.

Note: Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made,
e.g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers,
i.e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up
pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective
passenger. The act of signalling a taxicab (usually by
a wave of the arm) is often called

to hail a cab or

to flag down a cab.
[PJC]

WordNet taxi
n : a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers
where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab,
hack, taxicab]
v 1: travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway"
2: ride in a taxicab
[also: taxying, taxies (pl)]

Moby Dictionary
autobus , become airborne , bicycle , bike , bus , cab , catch a train ,
chartered bus , chauffeur , clear , cycle , diligence , double-decker ,
drive , entrain , fly aloft , go by rail , hack , hackney , hired car ,
jitney , joyride , jump off , leave the ground , mail coach ,
make a train , motor , motor coach , motorbus , motorcycle , omnibus ,
pedal , post coach , ride , rotate , stage , stagecoach , take a joyride ,
take off , taxicab , wheel