different between limousine vs taxi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovic?nus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m??zi?n/

Noun

limousine (plural limousines)

1. An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
2. An automobile with such a body. [from 1902]

   Synonym: limo (slang)

3. A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]

   Synonym: limo (slang)
4. An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses. [from 1959]

   Synonym: shuttle

Derived terms

• limo
• limousinelike
• limousine liberal

Translations

Further reading

• limousine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “limousine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from French limousine or English limousine.

Noun

limousine (plural limousines)

1. limousine (luxury sedan)

   Synonym: limo

Derived terms

• limo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French limousine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li.mu?zi.n?/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?li.mo??zi.n?/
• Hyphenation: li?mou?si?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)

1. limousine (luxury sedan)

   Synonym: limo

Derived terms

• limo

French

Etymology

From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.mu.zin/

Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)

1. (fashion) traditional woolen cloak from Haute-Vienne
2. (automotive) limousine, luxury car

   Synonym: berline

4. (zoology) limousin (cattle breed)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: limousine
• ? English: limousine
• ? German: Limousine
• ? Portuguese: limusine
• ? Russian: ???????? (limuzín) (see there for further descendants)

Adjective

limousine

1. feminine singular of limousin

References

Further reading

• “limousine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)

1. Alternative spelling of limusine

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæk.si/
• Rhymes: -æksi

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. (aviation) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.

3. (South Africa) A share taxi.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: tacsaí
• ? Malay: teksi
• ? Welsh: tacsi
• ? Chinese: ??

Translations

See also

• hackney cab

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.

2. To travel by taxicab.

Related terms

• taxicab
• taxiway

Translations

References

Asturian

Alternative forms

• tasi

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi (vehicle)

Basque

Noun

taxi ?

1. taxi

Declension

Derived terms

• taxilari
• taximetro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?tak.si/

Etymology 1

Clipping of taxímetre.

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

Derived terms

• taxista

Etymology 2

Noun

taxi f (plural taxis)

1. (biology) taxis

Further reading

• “taxi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Noun

taxi n

1. taxi

Synonyms

• taxík

Further reading

• taxi in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• taxi in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

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

1. taxi

Synonyms

• taxa

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxi, from German Taxameter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?k.si/
• Hyphenation: ta?xi
• Rhymes: -?ksi

Noun

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

1. A taxi.

Derived terms

• taxichauffeur

Related terms

• taxi-auto
• taximeter

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: taksi

French

Etymology

Shortening of taximètre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.si/

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

Further reading

• “taxi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ixât

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Taxi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?ksi]
• Hyphenation: ta?xi
• Rhymes: -si

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

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• taxi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tak.si/
• IPA^(key): /tas?si/ (triggers syntactic gemination in the following word)
• IPA^(key): /tak?si/ (high-style, less-preferred; may trigger syntactic gemination in the following word)
• IPA^(key): [un ?taksi]
• Hyphenation: tà?xi

Noun

taxi m (plural taxi)

1. taxi

   Synonym: tassì

Latin

Noun

tax?

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• taxibåt
• taxipris
• taxitur

References

• “taxi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• taksi

Etymology

From English taxi

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

• taxibåt
• taxipris
• taxitur

References

• “taxi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French taxi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tak.si/

Noun

taxi n (plural taxiuri)

1. taxi

Declension

Synonyms

• taximetru (rare)

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of taxímetro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?si/, [?t?a??.si]

Noun

taxi m (plural taxis)

1. taxi

Derived terms

• taxista

Further reading

• “taxi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

taxi c

1. taxi

Declension

Related terms

• taxameter

Walloon

Noun

taxi m

1. (nonstandard) taxi