taxi

A1 Topic:Aviation & Flight

US /ˈtæksi/ UK /ˈtæksi/ See IPA manual

Freq #2194

Meanings

1

noun
A car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere.

We took a taxi from the airport to the hotel.
2

verb
(Of an aircraft) to move slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing.

The plane taxied down the runway and waited for permission to take off.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a car with a driver that... cab taxicab

Word family

Forms taxiedtaxiestaxiingtaxistaxying

Derived forms e-taxirobotaxitaxi-cabmantaxi-dancetaxi-dancertaxi-distancetaxi-girltaxibustaxicabtaxicamtaxigatetaxiless

Related forms taxicabtaxiway

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Phrases (2)

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taxi driver
a person whose job is driving passengers in a taxi

Noun + noun
taxi rank
a designated place where taxis wait for passengers

Noun + noun

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.

*teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European taximètre French Taxameter German taxa la-med

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Topics

Aviation & Flight Transportation

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# taxi

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtæksi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtæksi/
**Frequency rank:** 2194

## Meanings
1. A car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere.
2. (Of an aircraft) to move slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing.

## Examples
- We took a taxi from the airport to the hotel.
- The plane taxied down the runway and waited for permission to take off.

## Derived Forms
- e-taxi
- robotaxi
- taxi-cabman
- taxi-dance
- taxi-dancer
- taxi-distance
- taxi-girl
- taxibus
- taxicab
- taxicam
- taxigate
- taxiless

## Related Forms
- taxicab
- taxiway

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *teh₂g-
- Root: taximètre
- Root: Taxameter
- Root: taxa

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Taxi 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.

## Topics
- Aviation & Flight
- Transportation

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