# taxi
## English
### 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 for 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtæk.si/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -æksi

### Noun

taxi (plural taxis or taxies)
* A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
** 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!
* (aviation, slang, obsolete) An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
** 1912, Flight: The Aircraft Engineer:Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.
** 1914, Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News:... 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.
** 1913, The Aeroplane:Mr. E. B. Bauman (new pupil) joined school and had first lesson on No. 2 taxi.
* (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, Iran) Synonym of shared taxi.

#### Synonyms

* (vehicle hired for single journeys): cab, taxicab; autocab, motorcab (dated)

#### Hyponyms

* (vehicle hired for single journeys): hackney carriage, hackney cab, hack cab, black cab (licensed taxis in the UK); yellow cab (licensed taxis in NYC & some other locations); gypsy cab, minicab, jitney (unlicensed taxis); robotaxi (self-driving taxis); motorcycle taxi; bike cab, baby taxi, pedicab (rickshaw taxis); aircab, aerocab, gyrocab, airtaxi (flying taxis); helicab (helicopter taxis); cabulance (taxis used as ambulances); see shared taxi (various forms of shared taxis); taxicab (mechanically metered taxis); rideshare, Lyft, Uber (taxi-style services hired through a ridesharing app)

#### Derived terms

* air taxi
* baby taxi
* battle taxi
* bike taxi
* bush taxi
* cockroach taxi
* e-taxi
* local taxi
* motorcycle taxi
* robotaxi
* shared taxi
* 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

* → Burmese: တက္ကစီ (takka.ci)
* → Cantonese: 的士 (dik$^1$ si$^{6-2}$)
** → Mandarin: 的士 (dīshì, díshì)
* → Mandarin: 德士 (déshì)
* → Irish: tacsaí
* → Japanese: タクシー (takushī)
** → Hakka: 他庫西 / 他库西 (thà-khu-sí)
** → Min Nan: tha-khú-sih
* → Korean: 택시 (taeksi)
* → Malay: teksi
* → Welsh: tacsi
* → Yiddish: טאַקסי (taksi)
* → Yoruba: takisí; tasín

#### Translations
### Verb

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

* taxicab
* taxiway

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* tasi

### Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)
* taxi (vehicle)

## Basque
### Noun

taxi ?
* taxi

#### Derived terms

* taxilari
* taximetro

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtak.si]

### Etymology 1

Clipping of taxímetre.

#### Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)
* taxi

##### Derived terms

* taxista

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

taxi f (plural taxis)
* (biology) taxis

#### Further reading

* “taxi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Noun

taxi n (indeclinable)
* taxi
    Synonym: taxík

### Further reading

* “taxi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “taxi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Noun

taxi c (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxierne)
* taxi

#### Synonyms

* taxa

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑk.si/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ta‧xi
* Rhymes: -ɑksi

### Noun

taxi m (plural taxi's, diminutive taxietje n)
* a taxi

#### Derived terms

* taxichauffeur

#### Related terms

* taxi-auto
* taximeter

#### Descendants

* → Aukan: takisi
* → Caribbean Hindustani: taxi
* → Indonesian: taksi

## French
### Etymology

Shortening of taximètre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tak.si/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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 vieJoe the taxi driver / This is his life
* (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
* (military) act of transporting troops

#### Descendants

* → Polish: taxi
* → Persian: تاکسی (tâksi)

### Further reading

* “taxi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ixât

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Taxi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɒksi]
* Hyphenation: ta‧xi
* Rhymes: -si

### Noun

taxi (plural taxik)
* taxi (a vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver)

#### Derived terms

* taxis
* taxizik
* taxiállomás
* taxióra
* taxisofőr
* taxira van szükségem

### References

* ↑ 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

* 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtak.si/, /tasˈsi/$^*$
* Audio ("un tàxi"):(file)
* Rhymes: -aksi, -i
* Hyphenation: tà‧xi

### Noun

taxi m
* taxi
    Synonym: tassì

### References

* ↑ taxi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Noun

taxī
* inflection of taxus:
** nominative/vocative plural
** genitive singular

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi.

### Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)
* (Jersey) taxi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English taxi.

### Noun

taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxiene)
* a taxi (only cars)

#### Synonyms

* drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* taxibåt
* taxipris
* taxitur

### References

* “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* taksi

### Etymology

From English taxi.

### Noun

taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxiar, definite plural taxiane)
* a taxi (cars only)

#### Synonyms

* drosje (also horse-drawn vehicles, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* taxibåt
* taxipris
* taxitur

### References

* “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* taksi

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French taxi. First attested in the 20th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtak.si/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aksi
* Syllabification: ta‧xi

### Noun

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

* radio taxi
* taksiarz
* taksówka

### References

* ↑ 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), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “taxi”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

### Further reading

* taxi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* taxi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tak.ˈsi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)
* taxi
    Synonym: (rare) taximetru

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of taxímetro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaɡsi/ [ˈt̪aɣ̞.si]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡsi
* Syllabification: ta‧xi

### Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)
* taxi
    Synonyms: remise (Argentina), concho (Dominican Republic)

#### Derived terms

* aerotaxi
* taxi colectivo
* taxista

#### Further reading

* “taxi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtakːsɪ/

### Noun

taxi c
* taxi

#### Related terms

* taxameter

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tak.si/

### Noun

taxi m
* (nonstandard) taxi