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bus
English
Etymology
Clipping of omnibus. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?s/, enPR: b?s
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /b?s/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand, Received Pronunciation, Scotland, Mid-Atlantic) IPA(key): /b?s/
- (Northern Cities Vowel Shift, Ireland) IPA(key): /b?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
bus (plural buses or busses)
- (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
- An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
- Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
- (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
Synonyms
- (electrical conductor): electrical bus, busbar, digit trunk
- (vehicle): autobus, coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, multibus, omnibus, Shillibeer (obsolete)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See bus/translations § Noun.
Verb
bus (third-person singular simple present busses or buses, present participle bussing or busing, simple past and past participle bussed or bused)
- (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
- (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
- 1966, Phil Ochs, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", Phils Ochs in Concert.
- 2008, Ashley R. Holm, Racial Differences in Student Engagement and Attainment: A Study of Topeka High School, 1939--1984, ProQuest ?ISBN, page 23
- ...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country.
- 1966, Phil Ochs, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", Phils Ochs in Concert.
- (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
- (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
- He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
- (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
- He’s been bussing for minimum wage.
Usage notes
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings buses, busing, and bused, implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.
Derived terms
- (clear meal remains): busboy
Translations
See bus/translations § Verb.
Anagrams
- SBU, UBS, USB, sub, sub-, sub.
Afrikaans
Noun
bus (plural busse, diminutive bussie)
- (automotive) bus
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bus/
- Homophone: vos (Central)
Etymology 1
Cognate to Spanish buso (“underwater snail”) and Portuguese búzio (“underwater snail”), from Latin b?cina (“horn”).
Noun
bus m or f (plural bussos)
- diver
Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse buza (“big wide ship”).
Noun
bus m (plural bussos)
- (archaic) A large sailing ship used in the 12th and 13th centuries, broad of beam and with two or three masts.
Etymology 3
Probably from Persian ???? (bus, “kiss”).
Noun
bus m (plural busos)
- (archaic) flattery
Usage notes
Only found in the phrase fer lo bus (“to kiss up”).
Etymology 4
Clipping of autobús.
Noun
bus m (plural busos)
- bus (vehicle)
Etymology 5
Borrowed from English bus.
Noun
bus m (plural busos)
- bus (electrical connector)
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Italian bus, a clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus.
Noun
bus m
- (Luserna) bus (vehicle)
References
- “bus” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Czech
Noun
bus m
- bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
Synonyms
- autobus
Danish
Etymology
Shortening of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bus/, [b?us]
Noun
bus c (singular definite bussen, plural indefinite busser)
- bus, coach
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?s/
- Hyphenation: bus
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
Shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).
Noun
bus m (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)
- (transport) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
- (transport, in diminutive) minibus, minivan
- bus (electrical conductor)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhs?.
Noun
bus f (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)
- A container, a box, a tin.
- A bushing.
- (chiefly historical) One of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns.
- (dated, Netherlands) A voluntary sick fund, especially before the introduction of universal health care in the Netherlands in the 1940s.
Derived terms
Related terms
- buks
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: bis (“letterbox, mailbox”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry. Related to etymology 2.
Verb
bus
- first-person singular present indicative of bussen
- imperative of bussen
French
Etymology 1
Clipping of omnibus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bys/
- Homophones: busse, busses, bussent
Noun
bus m or f (plural bus)
- bus
Synonyms
- autobus
Derived terms
- arrêt de bus
- bus accordéon
- service rapide par bus
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by/
- Homophones: bu, bue, bues, but, bût
Verb
bus
- first-person singular past historic of boire
- second-person singular past historic of boire
Verb
bus m pl
- masculine plural of the past participle of boire
Further reading
- “bus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Dutch bus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?s] (standard)
- IPA(key): [?b?s], [?b?s] (dialect, nonstandard)
- Hyphenation: bus
Noun
bus (plural bus-bus, first-person possessive busku, second-person possessive busmu, third-person possessive busnya)
- bus: a motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
Alternative forms
- bis (nonstandard)
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic, related to hembus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?s/
- Hyphenation: bus
Noun
bus (first-person possessive busku, second-person possessive busmu, third-person possessive busnya)
- wind
Further reading
- “bus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b??s?]
Noun
bus m (genitive singular bus, nominative plural busanna)
- bus
- (computing) bus
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "bus" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “bus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “bus” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Lithuanian
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?s]
Verb
bùs
- third-person singular future of b?ti
- third-person plural future of b?ti
- third-person singular future of busti
- third-person plural future of busti
Lombard
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by?s/
Noun
bus m
- hole
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *bussus, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to swell, bulge”).
Noun
bus (gender unknown)
- (rare, poetic) lip
Descendants
- Irish: pus
- Scottish Gaelic: bus
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “4 bus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “*bussu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 84
Norman
Verb
bus
- first-person singular preterite of baithe
Polish
Etymology
Contraction of autobus, borrowed from English bus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bus/
Noun
bus m anim (diminutive busik)
- (colloquial) bus
Declension
Further reading
- bus in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- bus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romagnol
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bus/
Noun
bus m
- hole
- September 2012, Daniela Cortesi, Bônanòta in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
- un sorg e’ cor in priscia int e’ su bus.
- a mouse runs hastily towards its hole.
- un sorg e’ cor in priscia int e’ su bus.
- September 2012, Daniela Cortesi, Bônanòta in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pus?/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish bus.
Noun
bus m (genitive singular buis, plural buis or busan)
- mouth
- Synonym: beul
- pout (facial expression)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bus.
Noun
bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean)
- bus
Mutation
Somali
Noun
bus ?
- dust
Spanish
Etymology
Shortening of autobús or borrowed from English bus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bus/, [?bus]
Noun
bus m (plural buses)
- Clipping of autobús; bus
- Synonym: autobús
Derived terms
- bus de cortesía
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From the verb busa (“to do mischief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??s/, [b???s]
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
bus n (uncountable)
- very innocent mischief, prank
- Trick or Treat is often translated with Bus eller godis
- general noise or trouble made by gangs of youths
Declension
Derived terms
- busig
- NetBus
Anagrams
- sub
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English bus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bus/
Noun
bus
- bus (vehicle)
Related terms
- sasakyan
- kotse
- transit
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English bush.
Pronunciation
Noun
bus
- bush (remote rural areas)
Derived terms
- bus kanaka
West Flemish
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch busch, variant of bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.
Noun
bus n
- forest
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Same as Dutch "bus", but is it derived from that or shortened from "omnibus" independently?”)
Noun
bus m
- bus
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autobus
English
Etymology
auto- +? bus.
Noun
autobus (plural autobuses or autobusses)
- (dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
- (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 ?
- bus
Basque
Noun
autobus inan
- bus
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?au?tobus/
Noun
autobus m inan
- 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)
- bus, coach (vehicle)
References
French
Etymology
From auto- +? bus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.to.bys/
Noun
autobus m (plural autobus)
- 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)
- bus
- Synonym: pullman
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw?t?.bus/
Noun
autobus m inan
- bus
Declension
Derived terms
- autobusowy
Further reading
- autobus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Noun
autobus n (plural autobuse)
- 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 ????????)
- 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)
- 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
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