How to spell taxi

Taxi is spelled T-A-X-I.

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What it means: A car that carries passengers for a fee.

In a sentence: We took a bright yellow taxi to the zoo.

Same family: taxis, taxicab, taximeter, cab, ride. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "taxi" is short for "taxicab," which comes from "taximeter cab"—a cab fitted with a taximeter, a device that measures distance and calculates the fare. The term developed in the early 1900s from French and German words related to "tax" and "measure."

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