taxi
French, noun/tak.si/
taxi is spelled T-A-X-I (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taxi is a French masculine noun meaning “taxi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule automobile terrestre privé, conduit par un chauffeur, destiné au transport payant de passagers et de…”.
What does taxi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaxi
- 2
masculinetaxi driver
- 3
masculinehelicopter or plane used for transport
- 4
masculineact of transporting troops
prefix
- 1
taxo-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule automobile terrestre privé, conduit par un chauffeur, destiné au transport payant de passagers et de leurs bagages, de porte à porte (contrairement aux transports en commun, qui transportent les passagers entre des points prédéterminés : stations, arrêts de bus, gares). 2. Chauffeur de taxi. 3. Hélicoptère, avion. 4. Phase de roulage d’un aéronef.
prefix: 1. Préfixe utilisé dans les mots ayant un rapport avec le monde animal ou végétal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of taxi
- taxis plural
- taxo-
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taxi?
- /tak.si/
- \tak.si\
- [œ̃ t̪ak.si]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taxi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taxi in French?
taxi appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).