autobus
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From auto- (prefix meaning ‘self’, in the sense of being self-propelled) + bus. Sense 2 (“large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton”) is borrowed from French autobus.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/, [ˈɔɾə-]
(cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑtoʊˌbʌs/, [ˈɑɾə-]
Hyphenation: au‧to‧bus
=== Noun ===
autobus (plural autobuses or autobusses)
(road transport, dated) A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.
Synonyms: groupetto, gruppetto, laughing group
==== Translations ====
=== Further reading ===
autobus (cycling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
glossary of cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“autobus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
=== Anagrams ===
autosub
== Albanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism, compare Italian autobus.
=== Noun ===
autobús m (plural autobúsë, definite autobúsi)
bus
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“autobus”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
Newmark, Leonard (1999), “autobus”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
== Basque ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
autobus inan
bus
==== Declension ====
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈau̯tobus]
=== Noun ===
autobus m inan (relational adjective autobusový)
bus, coach, omnibus
woodlouse (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“autobus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“autobus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“autobus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From English autobus or French autobus. Equivalent to auto + bus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.toːˌbʏs/, /ˈoː.toːˌbʏs/
Hyphenation: au‧to‧bus
=== Noun ===
autobus m (plural autobussen, diminutive autobusje n)
bus, coach (vehicle)
==== Descendants ====
→ Indonesian: otobus
=== References ===
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Coined in Paris in 1907 as a compound of automobile + omnibus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /o.tɔ.bys/
=== Noun ===
autobus m (invariable)
bus, coach (vehicle)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: autobús
→ German: Autobus
→ Greek: οτομπούς (otompoús), οτομπίς (otompís) (Egyptiot Dialect)
→ Hebrew: אוֹטוֹבּוּס (ótobus)
→ Persian: اتوبوس (otobus)
→ Polish: autobus→ Belarusian: аўтобус (awtóbus)
→ Romanian: autobuz
→ Russian: авто́бус (avtóbus) (see there for further descendants)
→ Spanish: autobús
→ Turkish: otobüs
=== See also ===
autocar
=== Further reading ===
“autobus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from French autobus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈaw.to.bus/
Rhymes: -awtobus
Hyphenation: àu‧to‧bus
=== Noun ===
autobus m (invariable)
bus
Synonym: pullman
== Occitan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
autobús
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
autobus m (plural autobus) (Limousin)
bus
Synonym: autobussa
motorcoach
Synonym: autocar
=== Further reading ===
Yves Lavalade (2010), Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord (in French), Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, →ISBN; page 94
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism; compare French autobus, German Autobus, Russian авто́бус (avtóbus). By surface analysis, auto- + bus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /awˈtɔ.bus/
Rhymes: -ɔbus
Syllabification: au‧to‧bus
=== Noun ===
autobus m animal or m inan (diminutive autobusik, related adjective autobusowy)
bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Belarusian: аўтобус (awtóbus)
=== Further reading ===
autobus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
autobus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
== Romanian ==
=== Noun ===
autobus n (plural autobuse)
alternative form of autobuz
==== Declension ====
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English autobus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /autǒːbus/
Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧bus
=== Noun ===
autóbus m inan (Cyrillic spelling ауто́бус, relational adjective autobuski)
bus
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
autobuska stanica (Serbia)
autobusna stanica (Croatia)
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈau̯tɔbus/
=== Noun ===
autobus m inan (relational adjective autobusový)
a bus
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
mikrobus
trolejbus
=== See also ===
električka
=== Further reading ===
“autobus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026