taux
French
Etymology
From Old French tauxer, variant of taxer (“to tax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to/
Audio (file) - Homophones: tau, taus, tôt
Noun
taux m (plural taux)
- rate, level
- le taux d'emploi
- the employment rate
Derived terms
- taux de change
- taux d'intérêt (“interest rate”)
- taux de mortalité (“death rate, mortality rate”)
Further reading
- “taux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
taux
- to arrive, to reach (a destination)