taxi - English word #572

Translation

A car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go.

Word origin

Short for taxicab, from taximeter cab, the machine that counts the fare.

Gender

Pluraltaxis

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"Taxi" is one car you pay to ride in.

outside .

"Taxis" is the plural, meaning more than one taxi.

driver .

Here "taxi" tells us what the driver drives.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

road

A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.

drive

To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it.

city

A large town where many people live and work.

travel

To go from one place to another, often far away.

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