taksio
Esperanto
Etymology
From English, French, Italian and Polish taxi, Russian такси́ (taksí), Yiddish טאַקסי (taksi), German Taxi, all ultimately from Latin taxō.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [takˈsio]
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: tak‧si‧o
Noun
taksio (accusative singular taksion, plural taksioj, accusative plural taksiojn)
- taxi, taxicab
- 2012 March 18, Descamps, Philippe, “La longa parlamenta marŝo de la nepalaj maoistoj”, in Le Monde diplomatique:
- La turistoj, sentante sin finfine riĉaj, preferas ĝenerale la etajn japanajn taksiojn, dudekoble pli multekostajn.
- The tourists, feeling rich at last, generally prefer the little Japanese taxis, twenty times more expensive.
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Derived terms
- taksistacio (“taxi stand”)
See also
- kabo (cab)