taximeter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch, handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaksɪˌmiːtə/, /ˈtaksiˌmiːtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtæksiˌmitɚ/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /tækˈsɪmɪtə(ɹ)/^[1]

Noun

taximeter (plural taximeters)

1. A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.

Derived terms

• taxi

Translations

device in a taxicab that calculates the fare

Arabic: عَدَّاد m (ʕaddād), عَدَّاد تَاكْسِي m (ʕaddād taksī) Asturian: taxímetru m Belarusian: таксо́метр m (taksómjetr), таксаме́тр m (taksamjétr), лічы́льнік m (ličýlʹnik) Catalan: taxímetre m Chinese: Mandarin: 計程器／计程器 (jìchéngqì), 計程表／计程表 (zh) (jìchéngbiǎo) Dutch: taximeter (nl) m Finnish: taksamittari (fi) French: taximètre (fr) m Galician: taxímetro m German: Taxameter (de) n or m Greek: ταξίμετρο (el) n (taxímetro) Hungarian: taxaméter (hu) Icelandic: gjaldmælir m Italian: tassametro m Japanese: タクシーメーター (takushīmētā) Korean: 미터기 (ko) (miteogi) Macedonian: таксиме́тар m (taksimétar) Portuguese: taxímetro (pt) m Russian: таксо́метр (ru) m (taksómetr), счётчик (ru) m (sčótčik) Spanish: taxímetro (es) m Swedish: taxameter (sv) c Ukrainian: таксо́метр m (taksómetr), лічи́льник m (ličýlʹnyk)

References

1. James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Taximeter”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 122, column 2.

Further reading

• taximeter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• extra time, extra-time