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taxi

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtæksi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈtaksɪj/
  • SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˈtakse/
  • Scotland: /ˈtaksɪ/
  • Scotland: /ˈtaksi/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈtɛksi/
  • rhymes with -æksi
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 K S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • During taxi, the flaps and slats are extended and the second engine (if not already running) is started.
  • Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of shared taxi.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Iran, South-Africa, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shared taxi

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • taxi down the runway

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To travel by taxicab.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cab, hack, taxicab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

Narrower terms: gypsy cab, minicab

8

verb

Meaning 8

travel slowly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The plane taxied down the runway

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

9

verb

Meaning 9

ride in a taxicab

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ride

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: huurmotor — vehicle available for public hire
  • Afrikaans: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Albanian: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Amharic: ታክሲ (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Arabic: تَاكْسِي (tāksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَةُ أُجْرَة (sayyāratu ʔujra) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Arabic: تَكسي (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܟ݂ܣܝܼ (ṭāḵsī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܐܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ (raddāytā d-aḡrā) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Armenian: տաքսի (takʻsi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Assamese: টেক্সী (teksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Asturian: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Asturian: tasi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Azerbaijani: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Basque: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Belarusian: таксі́ (taksí) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Belarusian: таксо́ўка (taksówka) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Bengali: ট্যাক্সি (ṭêkśi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Bengali: ক্যাব (kêb) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Bulgarian: такси́ (taksí) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Burmese: တက္ကစီ (takka.ci) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Burmese: တက်စီ (takci) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Catalan: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Cherokee: ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏦᏙᏗ (yvwi unatsododi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chichewa: takisii class 9/6 — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 的士 — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 計程車 /计程车 (gai3 cing4 ce1) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 出租車 /出租车 (ceot1 zou1 ce1) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 老的 (lou5 dik1) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese: такси (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 的士 — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hakka Chinese: 計程車 /计程车 (kie-chhàng-chhâ, ki-chhàng-chhâ) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hakka Chinese: 他庫西 /他库西 (thà-khu-sí) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese: 計程車 /计程车 (kè-têng-chhia) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出租汽車 /出租汽车 (chūzū qìchē) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出租車 /出租车 (chūzūchē) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計程車 /计程车 (jìchéngchē) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 的士 (dīshì) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 德士 (déshì) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Wu Chinese: 差頭 /差头 (1tsha-deu) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Cornish: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Czech: taxík — vehicle available for public hire
  • Czech: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Danish: taxa — vehicle available for public hire
  • Danish: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Danish: vogn — vehicle available for public hire
  • Danish: hyrevogn — vehicle available for public hire
  • Dhivehi: ޓެކްސީ (ṭek̊sī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Dutch: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Esperanto: taksio — vehicle available for public hire
  • Esperanto: kabo — vehicle available for public hire
  • Estonian: takso — vehicle available for public hire
  • Finnish: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • French: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • French: taxi-auto — vehicle available for public hire
  • Galician: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Georgian: ტაქსი (ṭaksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • German: Taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • German: Taxe — vehicle available for public hire
  • Greek: ταξί (taxí) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Greenlandic: taxa — vehicle available for public hire
  • Gujarati: ટેક્સી (ṭeksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Gujarati: ભાડૂતી ગાડી (bhāḍūtī gāḍī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Haitian Creole: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hausa: tā̀sî — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hebrew: מוֹנִית (monít) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hindi: टैक्सी (ṭaiksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hindi: टेक्सी (ṭeksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • White Hmong: tav xij — vehicle available for public hire
  • Hungarian: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Icelandic: leigubíll — vehicle available for public hire
  • Icelandic: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Icelandic: leigubifreið — vehicle available for public hire
  • Ido: taxio — vehicle available for public hire
  • Ido: fiakro — vehicle available for public hire
  • Indonesian: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Irish: tacsaí — vehicle available for public hire
  • Italian: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Italian: tassì — vehicle available for public hire
  • Italian: taxì — vehicle available for public hire
  • Japanese: タクシー (takushī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Japanese: 辻自動車 (tsujijidōsha) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Kannada: ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿ (ṭyāksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Kazakh: такси (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Kazakh: тәксі (täksı) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Khmer: តាក់ស៊ី (taksii) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Korean: 택시 (taeksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Korean: 딱씨 (ttakssi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Northern Kurdish: texsî — vehicle available for public hire
  • Northern Kurdish: taksî — vehicle available for public hire
  • Kyrgyz: такси (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Lao: ຕັກຊີ (tak sī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Lao: ລົດຮັບຈ້າງ (lot hap chāng) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Lao: ລົດຕັກຊີ (lot tak sī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Lao: ລົດເຊົ່າ (lot sao) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Latin: taxiraeda — vehicle available for public hire
  • Latvian: taksometrs — vehicle available for public hire
  • Latvian: taksis — vehicle available for public hire
  • Lithuanian: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Lü: ᦷᦟᧆᦋᧁᧈ (lodtsaw1) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Luxembourgish: Taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Macedonian: такси (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Malay: teksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Malayalam: ടാക്സി (ṭāksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Manx: taksee — vehicle available for public hire
  • Māori: takihī — vehicle available for public hire
  • Marathi: टॅक्सी (ṭĕksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Marshallese: tāākji — vehicle available for public hire
  • Mongolian: такси (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Mongolian: ᠲ᠋ᠠᠻᠰᠢ (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Nepali: ट्याक्सी (ṭyāksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drosje — vehicle available for public hire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drosje — vehicle available for public hire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Odia: ଟ୍ୟାକ୍ସି (ṭyāksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Oromo: taaksii — vehicle available for public hire
  • Pashto: ټکسي (ṭaksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Iranian Persian: تاکْسی (tâksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Plautdietsch: Taksie — vehicle available for public hire
  • Polish: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Polish: taksówka — vehicle available for public hire
  • Portuguese: táxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Punjabi: ਟੈਕਸੀ (ṭaiksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Romanian: taximetru — vehicle available for public hire
  • Romanian: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Russian: такси́ (taksí) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Russian: таксомото́р (taksomotór) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Scottish Gaelic: tagsaidh — vehicle available for public hire
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̀кси — vehicle available for public hire
  • Serbo-Croatian: tàksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Sicilian: tassì — vehicle available for public hire
  • Sinhalese: ටැක්සිය (ṭæksiya) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Slovak: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Slovene: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Somali: tagsi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Southern Altai: такси (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Spanish: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Spanish: taxímetro — vehicle available for public hire
  • Spanish: libre — vehicle available for public hire
  • Swahili: teksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Swedish: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Tagalog: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Tajik: такси (taks-i) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Tamil: டாக்ஸி (ṭāksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Telugu: టాక్సీ (ṭāksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Thai: แท็กซี่ (tɛ́k-sîi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Thai: รถแท็กซี่ (rót tɛ́k-sîi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Tibetan: གླ་རྒྱུག་མོ་ཊ (gla rgyug mo ṭa) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Tibetan: ཊེག་སི (ṭeg si) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Tigrinya: ታክሲ (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Turkish: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Turkmen: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Ukrainian: таксі́ (taksí) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Ukrainian: таксі́вка (taksívka) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Urdu: ٹَیکْسِی (ṭaiksī) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Uyghur: تاكسى (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Uzbek: taksi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Vietnamese: xe tắc xi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Vietnamese: tắc xi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Volapük: loatatood — vehicle available for public hire
  • Volapük: taxid — vehicle available for public hire
  • Walloon: taxi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Welsh: tacsi — vehicle available for public hire
  • Yiddish: טאַקסי (taksi) — vehicle available for public hire
  • Yoruba: takisí — vehicle available for public hire
  • Yoruba: tasín — vehicle available for public hire
  • Zhuang: cuzcuhceh — vehicle available for public hire
  • Zhuang: ciokco — vehicle available for public hire
  • Bulgarian: рулирам (ruliram) — move an aircraft
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑行 (huáxíng) — move an aircraft
  • Czech: rolovat — move an aircraft
  • Danish: taxie — move an aircraft
  • Dutch: taxiën — move an aircraft
  • Finnish: rullata — move an aircraft
  • French: faire taxi — move an aircraft
  • Georgian: მიწაზე თვითმფრინავის სრიალი (mic̣aze tvitmprinavis sriali) — move an aircraft
  • German: rollen — move an aircraft
  • Greek: τροχοδρομώ (trochodromó) — move an aircraft
  • Hungarian: gurul — move an aircraft
  • Icelandic: taxa — move an aircraft
  • Irish: innill — move an aircraft
  • Norwegian: takse — move an aircraft
  • Polish: kołować — move an aircraft
  • Portuguese: taxiar — move an aircraft
  • Spanish: carretear — move an aircraft
  • Swedish: taxa — move an aircraft
  • Ukrainian: рули́ти (rulýty) — move an aircraft
  • Esperanto: taksii — to travel by taxicab