different between taxi vs minicab
taxi
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)
- A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
- (aviation) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
- (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)
- To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
- To travel by taxicab.
Related terms
- taxicab
- taxiway
Translations
References
Asturian
Alternative forms
- tasi
Noun
taxi m (plural taxis)
- taxi (vehicle)
Basque
Noun
taxi ?
- 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)
- taxi
Derived terms
- taxista
Etymology 2
Noun
taxi f (plural taxis)
- (biology) taxis
Further reading
- “taxi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Noun
taxi n
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- taxi
- (by extension) taxi driver
- (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport
- (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)
- 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)
- taxi
- Synonym: tassì
Latin
Noun
tax?
- nominative plural of taxus
- genitive singular of taxus
- vocative plural of taxus
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English taxi.
Noun
taxi m (plural taxis)
- (Jersey) taxi
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English taxi
Noun
taxi m (definite singular taxien, indefinite plural taxier, definite plural taxiene)
- 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)
- 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)
- taxi
Declension
Synonyms
- taximetru (rare)
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of taxímetro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?si/, [?t?a??.si]
Noun
taxi m (plural taxis)
- taxi
Derived terms
- taxista
Further reading
- “taxi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
taxi c
- taxi
Declension
Related terms
- taxameter
Walloon
Noun
taxi m
- (nonstandard) taxi
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minicab
English
Etymology
mini- +? cab
Noun
minicab (plural minicabs)
- (Britain, originally) A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab).
- (Britain) An unlicensed taxi.
Verb
minicab (third-person singular simple present minicabs, present participle minicabbing, simple past and past participle minicabbed)
- (intransitive) To drive a minicab.
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