taximeter

English

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

taximeter (plural taximeters)

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)

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

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