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)/

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)

Further reading

• taximeter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• extra time, extra-time