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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)

1. (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
3. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
4. (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)

1. (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
2. (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.

3. (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
4. (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.

   He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
5. (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)

1. (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)

1. diver

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Norse buza (“big wide ship”).

Noun

bus m (plural bussos)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. bus (vehicle)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

bus m (plural busos)

1. bus (electrical connector)

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Italian bus, a clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus.

Noun

bus m

1. (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

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. (transport) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
2. (transport, in diminutive) minibus, minivan
3. 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)

1. A container, a box, a tin.
2. A bushing.
3. (chiefly historical) One of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns.
4. (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

1. first-person singular present indicative of bussen
2. imperative of bussen

French

Etymology 1

Clipping of omnibus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bys/
• Homophones: busse, busses, bussent

Noun

bus m or f (plural bus)

1. 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

1. first-person singular past historic of boire
2. second-person singular past historic of boire

Verb

bus m pl

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. bus
2. (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

1. third-person singular future of b?ti
2. third-person plural future of b?ti
3. third-person singular future of busti
4. third-person plural future of busti

Lombard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?s/

Noun

bus m

1. hole

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bussus, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to swell, bulge”).

Noun

bus (gender unknown)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. (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

1. 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.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pus?/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bus.

Noun

bus m (genitive singular buis, plural buis or busan)

1. mouth

   Synonym: beul

2. pout (facial expression)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean)

1. bus

Mutation

Somali

Noun

bus ?

1. dust

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of autobús or borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bus/, [?bus]

Noun

bus m (plural buses)

1. 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)

1. very innocent mischief, prank

   Trick or Treat is often translated with Bus eller godis

2. 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

1. bus (vehicle)

Related terms

• sasakyan
• kotse
• transit

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bush.

Pronunciation

Noun

bus

1. 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

1. 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

1. bus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French busc, by dissimilation (from buste) from Italian busto. Doublet of bust.

Noun

busk (plural busks)

1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
   • 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie

     Her long slit sleeves, stiffe buske, puffe verdingall, / Is all that makes her thus angelicall.

2. (by extension) A corset.
   • 1661, John Donne, "To his Mistress going to Bed":

     Off with that happy busk, which I envie, / That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.

Translations

Etymology 2

Etymology unknown

Noun

busk

1. (obsolete) A kind of linen.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557:

     Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask

Verb

busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
   • c. 1724, William Hamilton, The Braes of Yarrow 2

     Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny, bonny bride.

   • The watch stert up and drew their weapons bright / And busk'd them bold to battle and to fight.

2. (obsolete) To go; to direct one's course.
   • c. 1550, John Skelton, Skelton Laureate against the Scottes

     Ye might have busked you to Huntly-banks.

Etymology 4

Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.

Verb

busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)

1. (intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc.
   • 1827, Robert Pollok, The Course of Time

     The frothy orator, who busked his tales
     In quackish pomp of noisy words

3. (nautical) To tack, cruise about.

Related terms

• busker

Translations

Anagrams

• Buks, skub

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

busk c (singular definite busken, plural indefinite buske)

1. bush

Declension

References

• “busk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare with Danish busk, Swedish buske, Icelandic búskur, English bush, Dutch bos, German Busch.

Noun

busk m (definite singular busken, indefinite plural busker, definite plural buskene)

1. a bush or shrub

Derived terms

• kaffebusk
• solbærbusk

References

• “busk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. See above for comparisons,

Noun

busk m (definite singular busken, indefinite plural buskar, definite plural buskane)

1. a bush or shrub

Derived terms

• solbærbusk

References

• “busk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to grow”). Compare Old Saxon busk, Old English busc, bysc, Old Norse buskr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus?k/

Noun

busk m

1. bush

Descendants

• Middle High German: busch, bosch
  • German: Busch

Yola

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

busk (plural buskès)

1. a thick, small cake made of white meal, spiced bread

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN