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taxi
- /ˈtæksi/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈtaksɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈtakse/ Scotland
- /ˈtaksɪ/ Scotland
- /ˈtaksi/ Scotland
- /ˈtɛksi/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æksi
Where it comes from
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.
noun taxis · taxies
- A vehicle, usually a car, that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare. I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.
- An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres. Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.
- 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.
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Synonym of shared taxi.
Similar: shared taxi
verb taxis · taxies · taxiing · taxying · taxied
- To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. taxi down the runway
- To travel by taxicab. [H]e had taxied to the waterfront bent upon a business in which nostalgia had no part[.]
- To transport by taxicab, or in a way suggesting a taxi service. Rhonda felt a bit foolish explaining that she was looking for a judge to marry the daughter of the Russian driver who had been taxiing her and her companions around the city.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: taxicab, cab, hack, cabbie, car, driver, vehicle, wagon, truck, cart, wheeling, ride, roll, fare, hire, rental
Translations
Every language
noun vehicle available for public hire
| Español | taxi, taxímetro, libre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 택시 taeksi |
| 日本語 | タクシー takushī, 辻自動車 tsujijidōsha |
| 中文 | 的士 dīshì |
| हिन्दी | टैक्सी ṭaiksī, टेक्सी ṭeksī |
| Kiswahili | teksi |
| Português | táxi |
| Français | taxi, taxi-auto |
| Deutsch | Taxi, Taxe |
| Italiano | taxi, tassì, taxì |
| Ελληνικά | ταξί taxí |
| Română | taximetru, taxi |
| Русский | такси́ taksí, таксомото́р taksomotór |
| Tiếng Việt | xe tắc xi, tắc xi |
| العربية | تَاكْسِي tāksī, سَيَّارَةُ أُجْرَة sayyāratu ʔujra |
| עברית | מוֹנִית monít |
verb move an aircraft
| Español | carretear |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 滑行 huáxíng |
| Português | taxiar |
| Français | faire taxi |
| Deutsch | rollen |
| Ελληνικά | τροχοδρομώ trochodromó |
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title = {taxi},
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