Noun. sense 1 from French cabriolet a one-horse carriage; sense 2 a shortened form of taxicab.
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taxi. / ('tæks?) / nounplural taxis or taxies. Also called: cab, taxicab a car, usually fitted with a taximeter, that may be hired, along with its driver, to carry passengers to any specified destination.
When the automobile took over from carriages the job of carrying passengers for a fee, it took over the name taximeter cab as well. This name was soon shortened to taxicab, and that was later shortened to taxi and sometimes just cab.