bus
English
/bʌs/, /bʊs/, /bɐs/, /bɔs/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- (medical industry) An ambulance.
Etymology
Derived from French omnibus derived from Latin omnibus (for all, for everything all, for everyone, for everybody).
Origin
Latin
omnibus
Gloss
for all, for everything all, for everyone, for everybody
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Airbus English
- air English
- airbus English
- articulated English
- articulated bus English
- autobus English
- bang English
- bangbus English
- bar English
- battle English
- battlebus English
- book English
- bookbus English
- boy English
- bus captain English
- busable English
- busbar English
- busboy English
- busfare English
- busful English
- busgirl English
- busless English
- buslessness English
- buslike English
- busload English
- busman English
- busser English
- bussick English
- bussy English
- busway English
- captain English
- city English
- city bus English
- citybus English
- commuter English
- commuter bus English
- embus English
- fare English
- girl English
- helibus English
- load English
- metrobus English
- microbus English
- midibus English
- minibus English
- motor English
- motorbus English
- multibus English
- omnibus English
- play English
- playbus English
- rail English
- railbus English
- shuttle English
- shuttlebus English
- sick English
- stage English
- stage bus English
- superbus English
- taxi English
- taxibus English
- telebus English
- transit English
- transit bus English
- trolley English
- trolleybus English
- water English
- waterbus English
- way English
- bussi Finnish
- bussikaista Finnish
- bussikatos Finnish
- bussikuljetus Finnish
- bussikuski Finnish
- bussilasti Finnish
- bussiliikenne Finnish
- bussilinja Finnish
- bussilippu Finnish
- bussillinen Finnish
- bussimaksu Finnish
- bussimatka Finnish
- bussinkuljettaja Finnish
- bussionnettomuus Finnish
- bussipysäkki Finnish
- bussiturma Finnish
- bussiyhteys Finnish
- bändibussi Finnish
- keikkabussi Finnish
- kiskobussi Finnish
- koulubussi Finnish
- koululaisbussi Finnish
- minibussi Finnish
- nivelbussi Finnish
- paikallisbussi Finnish
- pienoisbussi Finnish
- pikkubussi Finnish
- postibussi Finnish
- sukkulabussi Finnish
- turmabussi Finnish
- vesibussi Finnish
- omnibus Latin
- Autobus German
- Omnibus German
- bus Italian
- autobus Dutch, Flemish
- bus Dutch, Flemish
- autobus French
- omnibus French
- aerobús Spanish, Castilian
- bus Spanish, Castilian
- ómnibus Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃ep-ni- Proto-Indo-European
- buss Norwegian Bokmål
- ônibus Portuguese
- buss Swedish
- busschaufför Swedish
- busshållplats Swedish
- busslinje Swedish
- busstation Swedish
- busstransport Swedish
- バス Japanese
- バスクラリネット Japanese
- バスドラム Japanese
- bus Polish
- trolejbus Polish
- buss Norwegian Nynorsk
- बसयान Sanskrit
- bus Irish
- buslána Irish
- bustoipeolaíocht Irish
- busáras Irish
- bus Danish
- trolejbus Czech
- باص Arabic
- بص Arabic
- autobus Serbo-Croatian
- trolejbus Serbo-Croatian
- ایرباس Persian
- บัส Thai
- รถบัส Thai
- bws Welsh
- బస్సు Telugu
- bus Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beusse Norman
- bosse Norman
- minibeusse Norman
- bus Tagalog
- bas Malay
- ဘတ်စ်ကား Burmese
- 巴士 Chinese
- 巴車 Chinese
- trolejbus Slovak
- basi Swahili
- 미니버스 Korean
- 버스 Korean
- 뻐스 Korean
- 트롤리버스 Korean
- ibhasi Zulu
- ibhasi Xhosa
- bas Tok Pisin
- འབའ་སེ Tibetan
- ਬੱਸ Panjabi, Punjabi
- libhasi Swati
- bas Hausa
- bussi Inari Sami
- bhazi Shona
- basi Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- buus Yucatec Maya
- basu Kavalan
- 빠쓰 Jeju
- way
- air
- boy
- bar
- girl
- book
- sick
- taxi
- bang
- play
- fare
- city
- rail
- load
- stage
- water
- motor
- embus
- bussy
- airbus
- busway
- busser
- battle
- busboy
- busbar
- Airbus
- busman
- busful
- captain
- busless
- helibus
- buslike
- playbus
- telebus
- busfare
- bangbus
- trolley
- busgirl
- autobus
- transit
- taxibus
- minibus
- railbus
- omnibus
- bookbus
- midibus
- busload
- citybus
- bussick
- shuttle
- busable
- motorbus
- metrobus
- city bus
- waterbus
- microbus
- multibus
- superbus
- commuter
- battlebus
- stage bus
- trolleybus
- shuttlebus
- bus captain
- buslessness
- transit bus
- articulated
- commuter bus
- articulated bus