🇫🇷 French

taxi

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le taxi

taxi

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taxi
/lə taksi/
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How do you say taxi in French?

IPA
/lə taksi/

How do you pronounce taxi in French?

taxi is pronounced /lə taksi/ in French.

Example sentences

Le taxi jaune est arrivé en retard ce matin.

The yellow taxi arrived late this morning.

J'ai pris un taxi noir qui était très confortable.

I took a black taxi that was very comfortable.

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Why is it masculine?

Taxi is masculine in French. While it is indeed derived from "taximètre," the primary reason for its masculine gender is that it comes from the English word "taxi," which itself is short for "taxicab." In French, words borrowed from English that end in a consonant or unstressed vowel typically adopt masculine gender by default. The word has been fully adopted into French as a masculine noun.

What is the French word for taxi?

The French word for taxi is le taxi — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishtaxielmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiantaxiilmasculine

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