taxi

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
2. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
3. (countable, uncountable) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
4. (Iran, South-Africa, countable, uncountable) Synonym of shared taxi.

Verb

1. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
2. To travel by taxicab.

Synonyms

cab

taxicab

hack

cheese

🧀

hire car

hired car

minibus

🚐

reel

rent-a-car

roll

roll up

rented car

self-drive car

drive-yourself car

self-drive

u-drive

you-drive

go by taxi

car

🚗

car rental

Translations

taxi

🚕

Taxi

🚕

taxi

🚕

ταξί

taxi

🚕

taxi

🚕

tassì

🚕

táxi

🚕

تاكسي

🚕

taxi

🚕

taksi

🚕

autopubblica

🚕

taxímetro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtæk.si/

Etymology

Cognate with English: taxameter

In summary

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 for 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.