taxicab

C2+ Topic:Transportation

US /ˈtæksiˌkæb/ UK /ˈtæksiˌkæb/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a car licensed to carry passengers for a fare; a taxi

She hailed a taxicab outside the station in the pouring rain.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a car licensed to carry... taxi cab hack cabriolet

Word family

Related forms taxi taximeter cab

Etymology

A blend of taximeter (from French taximètre, 'fare-measuring device') and cab (short for cabriolet). Coined in the early 20th century for metered hire vehicles.

taxe Middle English cabriolet French

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Topics

Transportation

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# taxicab

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

## Meanings
1. a car licensed to carry passengers for a fare; a taxi

## Examples
- She hailed a taxicab outside the station in the pouring rain.

## Synonyms
- taxi
- cab
- hack
- cabriolet

## Related Forms
- taxi
- taximeter
- cab

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

## Etymology
A blend of taximeter (from French taximètre, 'fare-measuring device') and cab (short for cabriolet). Coined in the early 20th century for metered hire vehicles.

## AI Etymology
Taxicab is a blend of taximeter (from French taximètre, 'fare-measuring device') and cab (short for cabriolet). Coined in the early 20th century for metered hire vehicles. The form is explicitly a blend, so its history depends on the joining of two already meaningful elements. As a noun, it denotes "a car licensed to carry passengers for a fare; a taxi", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include French taxe and French cabriolet. Related words include taxi, taximeter, cab.

## Topics
- Transportation

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