/kæb/
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Translation
A car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Most British people say taxi.
Word origin
A short form of cabriolet, a French word for a light carriage pulled by one horse.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- cabriolet
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcabs
Examples
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"Take a cab" is the normal way to say you travel by taxi.
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A "cab" is the car itself.
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"Cab driver" is the person who drives the cab.
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