cabdriver

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkæbˌdraɪvɚ/ UK /ˈkæbˌdraɪvə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who drives a taxicab for hire

The cabdriver knew every shortcut across the city.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who drives a... cabbycabbietaxidriverhackiechauffeur driver

Word family

Related forms cab driver cabdriving

Etymology

A compound of cab + driver; cab is shortened from cabriolet (a light carriage), from French cabriolet, from cabrioler ('to leap'), from Italian capriola ('a leap'), from Latin capra ('goat').

cabriolet French capra Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# cabdriver

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkæbˌdraɪvɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkæbˌdraɪvə/

## Meanings
1. a person who drives a taxicab for hire

## Examples
- The cabdriver knew every shortcut across the city.

## Synonyms
- cabby
- cabbie
- taxidriver
- hackie
- chauffeur
- driver

## Related Forms
- cab
- driver
- cabdriving

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cabriolet
- Root: capra

## Etymology
A compound of cab + driver; cab is shortened from cabriolet (a light carriage), from French cabriolet, from cabrioler ('to leap'), from Italian capriola ('a leap'), from Latin capra ('goat').

## AI Etymology
Cabdriver is a compound of cab + driver; cab is shortened from cabriolet (a light carriage), from French cabriolet, from cabrioler ('to leap'), from Italian capriola ('a leap'), from Latin capra ('goat'). The historical trail runs through cabriolet in French and capra in Latin. Morphologically, cabdriver is transparent: it is a compound of cab + driver. Used as a noun, cabdriver now means "a person who drives a taxicab for hire", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cab, driver, and cabdriving. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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