How to say “taxi” in 32 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Lithuanian, where taksi is the 595th most used word.
- Basque taxi #770
- Bengali ট্যাক্সি #982
- Bosnian taksi #1,319
- Bulgarian такси taxi; cab #1,327
- Croatian taksi #1,443
- Czech taxi #2,217
- Danish taxa cab, taxi #2,424
- Dutch taxi a taxi #1,452
- Estonian takso #1,256
- French taxi taxi driver #1,421
- German taxi taxi, cab #1,525
- Greek ταξί #1,232
- Hebrew מונית taxi, cab, taxicab #1,340
- Hindi टैक्सी #1,620
- Icelandic leigubíll a taxi, a taxicab, a cab #1,987
- Indonesian taksi #1,409
- Italian taxi #1,656
- Korean 택시 #915
- Lithuanian taksi taxi, cab #595
- Macedonian такси taxi, cab #1,040
- Malay teksi #1,244
- Portuguese táxi #1,750
- Romanian taxi #1,401
- Russian такси taxi; cab #1,497
- Serbian taksi #1,260
- Slovenian taksi #632
- Spanish taxi #1,460
- Swedish taxi #1,624
- Telugu టాక్సీ #1,459
- Turkish taksi #1,375
- Ukrainian таксі taxi; cab #1,806
- Urdu ٹیکسی #926
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.