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pirssi.

horse cab stand

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpirsːi/[ˈpirs̠ːi]
  1. horse cab stand

    archaic
  2. taxi stand

    archaic
  3. taxi

    colloquial · dated
  4. car (automobile)

    colloquial
    Hieno pirssi!
Where this word comes from

From Russian би́ржа (bírža, “horse cab stand”). When automobiles replaced the horses, pirssi came to mean "taxi stand" and the taxis were called pirssiauto or simply pirssi. Later, according to the international practice the term taksi (“taxi”) was adopted.

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