டாக்ஸி மீட்டர்
“டாக்ஸி மீட்டர்” (ḍāksi mīṭṭar) — taxi meter in Tamil. Noun, level A1. The meter word the course keeps for the utility meter, so the taxi is specified in front. On the island it is more often not switched on, and the price is named in advance. In a live sentence: “டாக்ஸி மீட்டரை போடுங்க” — Switch on the taxi meter. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ட, ா, க, ், ஸ, ி, ம, ீ, ட, ், ட, ர.
In short
| Written in Tamil | டாக்ஸி மீட்டர் |
| Read in Latin letters | ḍāksi mīṭṭar |
| Translation | taxi meter |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- டாக்ஸி மீட்டர்ḍāksi mīṭṭartaxi meter
Why it looks that way
The meter word the course keeps for the utility meter, so the taxi is specified in front. On the island it is more often not switched on, and the price is named in advance
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- டாக்ஸி மீட்டரை போடுங்கṭāksi mīṭṭar pōḍuṅgaSwitch on the taxi meter
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “taxi meter” in Tamil?
«டாக்ஸி மீட்டர்», read “ḍāksi mīṭṭar”. In a live sentence: “டாக்ஸி மீட்டரை போடுங்க” — Switch on the taxi meter. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ட, ா, க, ், ஸ, ி, ம, ீ, ட, ், ட, ர.
How is “டாக்ஸி மீட்டர்” written in Latin letters?
ḍāksi mīṭṭar. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The meter word the course keeps for the utility meter, so the taxi is specified in front. On the island it is more often not switched on, and the price is named in advance. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.