Phrase guide

taxi driver

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who drives a taxicab.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَائِق تَاكْسِي (sāʔiq taksī) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Arabic: سَائِقَة تَاكْسِي (sāʔiqat taksī) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Armenian: տաքսիստ (takʻsist) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Armenian: տաքսու վարորդ (takʻsu varord) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Basque: taxilari — person who drives a taxicab
  • Belarusian: таксі́ст (taksíst) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Belarusian: таксі́стка (taksístka) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Bulgarian: шофьо́р на такси́ (šofjór na taksí) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Catalan: taxista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Chinese Cantonese: 的士司機 /的士司机 — person who drives a taxicab
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出租車司機 /出租车司机 (chūzūchē sījī) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Czech: taxikář — person who drives a taxicab
  • Czech: taxikářka — person who drives a taxicab
  • Danish: taxachauffør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Danish: taxichauffør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Dutch: taxichauffeur — person who drives a taxicab
  • Esperanto: taksiisto — person who drives a taxicab
  • Esperanto: taksiistino — person who drives a taxicab
  • Faroese: hýruvognsførari — person who drives a taxicab
  • Finnish: taksikuski — person who drives a taxicab
  • Finnish: taksinkuljettaja — person who drives a taxicab
  • French: chauffeur de taxi — person who drives a taxicab
  • French: chauffeuse de taxi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Galician: taxista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Georgian: მეტაქსე (meṭakse) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Georgian: ტაქსის მძღოლი (ṭaksis mʒɣoli) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Georgian: ტაქსისტი (ṭaksisṭi) — person who drives a taxicab
  • German: Taxifahrer — person who drives a taxicab
  • German: Taxifahrerin — person who drives a taxicab
  • German: Taxilenker — person who drives a taxicab
  • German: Taxilenkerin — person who drives a taxicab
  • German: Taxler — person who drives a taxicab
  • German: Droschkenfahrer — person who drives a taxicab
  • Greek: ταξιτζής (taxitzís) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Greek: ταξιτζού (taxitzoú) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Greek: οδηγός ταξί (odigós taxí) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Hungarian: taxisofőr — person who drives a taxicab
  • Hungarian: taxis — person who drives a taxicab
  • Icelandic: leigubílstjóri — person who drives a taxicab
  • Indonesian: sopir taksi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Indonesian: pramudi taksi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Indonesian: pengemudi taksi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Italian: tassista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Italian: taxista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Japanese: タクシー運転手 (takushī untenshu) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Korean: 택시 기사 (taeksi gisa) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Korean: 택시 운전사 (taeksi unjeonsa) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Latvian: taksists — person who drives a taxicab
  • Latvian: taksiste — person who drives a taxicab
  • Lombard: brumista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Lombard: tassista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Luxembourgish: Taxichauffeur — person who drives a taxicab
  • Macedonian: такси́ст (taksíst) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Macedonian: такси́стка (taksístka) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Marathi: टॅक्सी चालक (ṭĕksī cālak) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drosjesjåfør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Norwegian Bokmål: taxisjåfør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drosjesjåfør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taxisjåfør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taksisjåfør — person who drives a taxicab
  • Occitan: taxista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Persian: راننده تاکسی (rânande-ye tâksi) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Polish: taksówkarz — person who drives a taxicab
  • Polish: taksówkarka — person who drives a taxicab
  • Polish: taksiarz — person who drives a taxicab
  • Portuguese: taxista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Portuguese: taxeiro — person who drives a taxicab
  • Romanian: taximetrist — person who drives a taxicab
  • Romanian: taximetristă — person who drives a taxicab
  • Russian: такси́ст (taksíst) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Russian: такси́стка (taksístka) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̀ксист — person who drives a taxicab
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̀ксиста — person who drives a taxicab
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̀ксистица — person who drives a taxicab
  • Serbo-Croatian: tàksist — person who drives a taxicab
  • Serbo-Croatian: tàksista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Serbo-Croatian: tàksistica — person who drives a taxicab
  • Slovak: taxikár — person who drives a taxicab
  • Slovak: taxikárka — person who drives a taxicab
  • Slovene: taksist — person who drives a taxicab
  • Slovene: taksistka — person who drives a taxicab
  • Spanish: taxista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Spanish: taximetrista — person who drives a taxicab
  • Swedish: taxichaufför — person who drives a taxicab
  • Swedish: taxiförare — person who drives a taxicab
  • Swedish: taxichaffis — person who drives a taxicab
  • Swedish: droskchaufför — person who drives a taxicab
  • Tajik: ронандаи такси (ronanda-yi taks-i) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Turkish: taksici — person who drives a taxicab
  • Turkish: taksi şoförü — person who drives a taxicab
  • Turkmen: taksiçi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Ukrainian: такси́ст (taksýst) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Ukrainian: такси́стка (taksýstka) — person who drives a taxicab
  • Uzbek: taksist — person who drives a taxicab
  • Uzbek: taksichi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Vietnamese: lái xe tắc xi — person who drives a taxicab
  • Volapük: taxidajoför — person who drives a taxicab
  • Volapük: taxidahijoför — person who drives a taxicab
  • Volapük: taxidajijoför — person who drives a taxicab