How to pronounce taxi
American English pronunciation
TAK-see
- IPA
- /ˈtæksi/
- Syllables
- TAK · see (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What taxi means
Most people know taxi in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
To roll slowly along the ground, as a plane does
In a sentence: After landing, the plane had to taxi to the gate before we could get off.
Where it comes from: It is short for taximeter cab, a car with a meter that counts the fare. Planes rolling around an airfield were said to drive about like taxicabs, and the name stuck.
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