bus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Busa. === Symbol === bus (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bokobaru. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Bokobaru terms == English == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bʌs/, enPR: bŭs (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /bʊs/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /bʌs/ (General Australian, New Zealand, Mid-Atlantic, Philippines) IPA(key): /bɐs/ (Northern Cities Vowel Shift, Ireland) IPA(key): /bɔs/ (Birmingham, Black Country) IPA(key): /bʊz/ Homophones: Buss, buss Rhymes: -ʌs ==== Noun ==== bus (plural buses or busses) (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. Synonyms: autobus, coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, Shillibeer (obsolete) Hyponyms: booze bus, commuter bus, school bus, short bus (chiefly US, Canada) A coach, a bus used for long travels. (UK, dated) Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components. Synonyms: busbar, digit trunk, electrical bus Hyponym: data bus Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance. (military slang, 1910s–1940s) An aeroplane. (networking) A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable. ===== Alternative forms ===== 'bus (archaic) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bus (third-person singular simple present buss or busses, present participle busing or bussing, simple past and past participle bused or bussed) (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. (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus. ===== Usage notes ===== The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings buses, busing, and bused, implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from busboy. ==== Verb ==== bus (third-person singular simple present buss or busses, present participle busing or bussing, simple past and past participle bused or bussed) (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from. (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === SBU, UBS, USB, sub, sub-, sub. == Afar == === Etymology === Akin to Saho bus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbus/ [ˈbʊs] Hyphenation: bus === Noun === bús m (plural buswá f or busuusá f) vagina ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bus”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbœs/, [ˈbəs] === Noun === bus (plural busse, diminutive bussie) (automotive) bus == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbus] Homophone: vos (Central) === Etymology 1 === Cognate to Spanish buso (“underwater snail”) and Portuguese búzio (“underwater snail”), from Latin būcina (“horn”). ==== Noun ==== bus m or f by sense (plural bussos) diver ===== Derived terms ===== bussejar === 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 بوس (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) === Further reading === “bus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Italian bus, a clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus. === Noun === bus m (Luserna) bus (vehicle) Benn rifta dar bus? ― What time does the bus come? === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Czech == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈbus] ==== Noun ==== bus m inan bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads) Synonym: autobus ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈbas] ==== Noun ==== bus m inan (computing) bus (an electrical interface connecting two or more components) ===== Declension ===== == Danish == === Etymology === Shortening of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bus/, [b̥us] === Noun === bus c (singular definite bussen, plural indefinite busser) bus, coach ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʏs/ Hyphenation: bus Rhymes: -ʏs Homophone: Bus === 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 ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Caribbean Javanese: bis → Papiamentu: bùs → Sranan Tongo: bùs → Aukan: besi → Saramaccan: bési === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. Doublet of buks (“shotgun”), box, and pyxis. ==== 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 ===== ===== Descendants ===== Petjo: bus → Indonesian: bis (“letterbox, mailbox”), bos (“bushing”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Related to etymology 2. ==== Verb ==== bus inflection of bussen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == French == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of omnibus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bys/ Homophones: busse, busses, bussent ==== Noun ==== bus m or f (invariable) bus Synonym: autobus ===== Derived terms ===== arrêt de bus bus accordéon bus scolaire service rapide par bus === Etymology 2 === Inflected forms. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /by/ Homophones: bu, bue, bues, but, bût ==== Verb ==== bus first/second-person singular past historic of boire ==== Participle ==== bus m pl masculine plural of bu === Further reading === “bus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊs/ IPA(key): (alternative pronunciations, especially for the word of etymology 1) /bɪs/, /bəs/, /bɘs/, /bas/ For the pronunciations /bəs/, /bɘs/, comparable to Afrikaans bus. Rhymes: -bʊs Hyphenation: bus === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch bus, shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bis (nonstandard) ==== Noun ==== bus bus (a motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic, related to embus or hembus. ==== Noun ==== bus imitation sound of blowing wind; can be roughly translated as whoosh === Further reading === “bus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bˠʊsˠ/ (Aran) IPA(key): /bˠɞsˠ/ === Noun === bus m (genitive singular bus, nominative plural busanna) bus (computing) bus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “bus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bus”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm == Italian == === Pronunciation === === Noun === bus m (invariable) bus == Kankanaey == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbus/ [ˈbos] Rhymes: -us (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /ˈbuh/ [ˈboh] Rhymes: -uh Syllabification: bus === Noun === bus state of abundance/plentifulness of water (in wells, rivers, etc.) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “bus”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[6], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 104 == Lithuanian == (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bʊs] === Verb === bùs third-person singular future of būti third-person plural future of būti third-person singular future of busti third-person plural future of busti == Lombard == === Etymology === Akin to Italian buca, ultimately from Latin bucca, whence French French bouche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byːs/ === Noun === bus hole == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buːs/ Rhymes: -uːs === Verb === bus second-person singular imperative of bies == Middle Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *bussus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, bulge”). === Noun === bus (gender unknown) (rare, poetic) lip ==== Descendants ==== Irish: pus Scottish Gaelic: bus === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 bus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Matasović, 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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbus/ Rhymes: -us Syllabification: bus === Etymology 1 === Clipping of autobus. Calque of English bus. ==== Noun ==== bus m animal or m inan (diminutive busik) (colloquial) bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of mikrobus. ==== Noun ==== bus m animal or m inan (diminutive busik) (colloquial) van (motor vehicle used to carry goods or, usually, up to 10 people) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === bus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka 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: == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish bus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /b̥us̪/ ==== Noun ==== bus m (genitive singular buis, plural buis or busan) mouth Synonym: beul pout (facial expression) ===== Derived terms ===== busach (“pouty; sullen”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English bus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /b̥ɤs̪/ ==== Noun ==== bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean) bus === Mutation === == Somali == === Noun === bus ? dust == Spanish == === Etymology === Clipping of autobús (in Spain) or borrowed from English bus (in Latin America). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbus/ [ˈbus] Rhymes: -us Syllabification: bus === Noun === bus m (plural buses) clipping of autobús; bus Synonyms: autobús; see also Thesaurus:autobús (computing) bus ==== Usage notes ==== In Spain, bus is a colloquial word and in Latin America it is a formal word. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === From the verb busa (“make mischief, prank”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʉːs/, [bʉ͍ːs] Rhymes: -ʉːs === Noun === bus n (uncountable) (fairly innocent) mischief (by children), pranking (colloquial, chiefly in the definite "buset") criminals (on the lower rungs of the social ladder) ==== Usage notes ==== Associated with mischief and pranks by children, with ironic extensions to adults fooling around and criminality. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== busig buslur busunge busvissla NetBus === References === bus in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker === Anagrams === sub == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bus, clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“to/for all”). === Pronunciation === (common) IPA(key): /ˈbus/ [ˈbʊs] Rhymes: -us Syllabification: bus (Taglish) IPA(key): /ˈbas/ [ˈbas] Rhymes: -as === Noun === bus (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ or ᜊᜐ᜔) bus (vehicle) Synonym: awtobus bus (electrical conductor) ==== Usage notes ==== The pronunciation /bas/ is commonly used in Taglish speech, especially by younger speakers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “bus”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English bush. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bus/ === 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