Translation
taxi, cab
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Word origin
Shortened from taximetre (taximeter), coined from Latin taxa ('charge') and Greek metron ('measure'). An international twentieth-century word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- taxa
- English cognates
- tax, metre
Grammar
Examples
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Shall we call a taxi to the airport?
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The taxi cost us twenty in the end.
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He works driving a taxi at night.
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The taxi took half an hour to arrive in the rain.
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We took a taxi because the underground was closed.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 1: taxi, relajarse, criminal and 7 more words.