different between autobus vs autocar

English

Etymology

auto- +? bus.

Noun

autobus (plural autobuses or autobusses)

1. (dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
2. (cycling) The group of cyclists in a race who form a large group behind the leading peloton.

Synonyms

• (cycling group): gruppetto

Anagrams

• autosub

Albanian

Noun

autobus ?

1. bus

Basque

Noun

autobus inan

1. bus

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?au?tobus/

Noun

autobus m inan

1. bus, coach, omnibus

Declension

Derived terms

• autobusový

Further reading

• autobus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• autobus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From English autobus or French autobus. Equivalent to auto +? bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?.to??b?s/, /?o?.to??b?s/
• Hyphenation: au?to?bus

Noun

autobus m (plural autobussen, diminutive autobusje n)

1. bus, coach (vehicle)

References

French

Etymology

From auto- +? bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.to.bys/

Noun

autobus m (plural autobus)

1. bus, coach (vehicle)

Descendants

• ? Spanish: autobús

See also

• autocar

Further reading

• “autobus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French autobus.

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m (invariable)

1. bus

   Synonym: pullman

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?t?.bus/

Noun

autobus m inan

1. bus

Declension

Derived terms

• autobusowy

Further reading

• autobus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

autobus n (plural autobuse)

1. Alternative form of autobuz

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English autobus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aut??bus/
• Hyphenation: a?u?to?bus

Noun

autóbus m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. bus

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?au?t?bus/

Noun

autobus m (genitive singular autobusa, autobusu, nominative plural autobusy, genitive plural autobusov, declension pattern of dub)

1. a bus

Declension

Derived terms

• autobusový

Related terms

• mikrobus
• trolejbus

See also

• elektri?ka

Further reading

• autobus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

English

Etymology

auto- +? car

Noun

autocar (plural autocars)

1. (archaic) A road vehicle powered by steam or electricity rather than by traction.

Anagrams

• acatour

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?w.to?ka/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?w.tu?ka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aw.to?ka?/

Noun

autocar m (plural autocars)

1. coach (vehicle similar to a bus)

French

Etymology

auto- +? car

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.to.ka?/

Noun

autocar m (plural autocars)

1. motorcoach, bus, coach (vehicle)

Synonyms

• autobus voyageur (North America)
• car (Europe)

Descendants

• ? German: Autocar
• ? Portuguese: autocarro
• ? Spanish: autocar

See also

• autobus

Further reading

• “autocar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French autocar

Noun

autocar n (plural autocare)

1. coach

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French autocar.

Noun

autocar m (plural autocares)

1. motorcoach, bus, coach (vehicle)

Further reading

• “autocar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.