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Taxi

Taxi

See also: taxi, táxi, and taxi-

German

Alternative forms

  • Taxe f (colloquial; becoming dated)

Noun

Taxi n (genitive Taxis, plural Taxis or Taxen)

  1. taxi, cab

Declension

Derived terms

taxi

taxi

See also: Taxi, táxi, and taxi-

English

Noun

taxi (plural taxis or taxies)

  1. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
  2. (South Africa) A share taxi.

Synonyms

  • (vehicle hired for single journeys): cab
  • (vehicle hired for single journeys): taxicab (from taximeter cabriolet)

Derived terms

See also

Translations

Verb

taxi (third-person singular simple present taxies or taxis, present participle taxiing or taxying, simple past and past participle taxied)

  1. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.

Related terms

Translations

References

  1. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=taxi

Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi (vehicle)

Danish

Noun

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

  1. a taxi

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. taxi

French

Pronunciation

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi
  2. (by extension) taxi driver
  3. (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
  4. (military) act of transporting troops

Anagrams


Hungarian

Etymology

From German Taxi.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒksi]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧xi

Noun

taxi (plural taxik)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative taxi taxik
accusative taxit taxikat
dative taxinak taxiknak
instrumental taxival taxikkal
causal-final taxiért taxikért
translative taxivá taxikká
terminative taxiig taxikig
essive-formal taxiként taxikként
essive-modal
inessive taxiban taxikban
superessive taxin taxikon
adessive taxinál taxiknál
illative taxiba taxikba
sublative taxira taxikra
allative taxihoz taxikhoz
elative taxiból taxikból
delative taxiról taxikról
ablative taxitól taxiktól
Possessive forms of taxi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. taxim taxijaim
2nd person sing. taxid taxijaid
3rd person sing. taxija taxijai
1st person plural taxink taxijaink
2nd person plural taxitok taxijaitok
3rd person plural taxijuk taxijaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaksi/
  • IPA(key): [un ˈtaksi]
  • Hyphenation: tà‧xi
  • IPA(key): /takˈsi/ (from the French taxi)

Noun

taxi m (plural taxi)

  1. taxi

Synonyms


Latin

Noun

taxī

  1. nominative plural of taxus
  2. genitive singular of taxus
  3. vocative plural of taxus

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English taxi.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. (Jersey) taxi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English taxi

Noun

taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxiene)

  1. a taxi (only cars)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English taxi

Alternative forms

Noun

taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxiar, definite plural taxiane)

  1. a taxi (cars only)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

References


Romanian

Etymology

From French taxi.

Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

  1. taxi

Declension

Synonyms

  • taximetru (rare)

Spanish

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

  1. taxi

Related terms


Swedish

Noun

taxi c

  1. taxi

Declension

Inflection of taxi 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative taxi taxin taxibilar taxibilarna
Genitive taxis taxins taxibilars taxibilarnas

Related terms

  • taxameter

Walloon

Noun

taxi m

  1. (nonstandard) taxi