bus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Noun 2.3.1.1 Usage notes 2.4 Etymology 4 2.4.1 Noun 2.5 Etymology 5 2.5.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 5 Filipino 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Related terms 6 French 6.1 Etymology 1 6.1.1 Pronunciation 6.1.2 Noun 6.1.2.1 Synonyms 6.2 Etymology 2 6.2.1 Pronunciation 6.2.2 Verb 7 Lithuanian 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Verb 8 Old Irish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 9 Scottish Gaelic 9.1 Noun 1 9.2 Noun 2 10 Swedish 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Derived terms 11 Tok Pisin 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.3 See also

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“‘for everything/all’”); dative plural of omnis (“‘all’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbʌs/, SAMPA: /bVs/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌs

[edit] Noun

bus (plural buses or busses)

1. (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. An electrical conductor serving as a common connection for two or more circuits.
3. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Synonyms

• (vehicle): coach, omnibus
• (electrical conductor): busbar

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

   He bused 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 busing for minimum wage.

[edit] Usage notes

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings buses, busing, and bused, implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bsu
• sub
• UBS
• USB

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

Cognate to Spanish buso (“‘underwater snail’”) and Portuguese búzio (“‘underwater snail’”), from Latin būcina (“‘horn’”).

[edit] Noun

bus m. and f. (plural bussos)

1. diver

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Etymology 3

Probably from Persian بوس (bus), “‘kiss’”).

[edit] Noun

bus m. (plural busos)

1. (archaic) flattery

[edit] Usage notes

Only found in the phrase fer lo bus (“‘to kiss up’”).

[edit] Etymology 4

Reduction of autobús

[edit] Noun

bus m. (plural busos)

1. bus (vehicle)

[edit] Etymology 5

From English bus.

[edit] Noun

bus m. (plural busos)

1. bus (electrical connector)

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

Shortening of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“‘for all’”), dative plural of omnis (“‘all’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bus/, [b̥us]

[edit] Noun

bus c. (singular definite bussen, plural indefinite busser)

1. bus, coach

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʏs/
•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

bus m. (plural bussen, diminutive busje)

1. (transport) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
2. bus (electrical conductor)

[edit] Derived terms

• busbaan
• schoolbus

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[edit] Filipino

[edit] Etymology

From English bus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bus/

[edit] Noun

bus

1. bus (vehicle)

[edit] Related terms

• sasakyan
• kotse
• transit

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bys/
• Homophones: busse, busses, bussent

[edit] Noun

bus m.

1. (colloquial) bus

[edit] Synonyms

• autobus

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflection.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /by/
• Homophones: bu, bue, bues, but, bût

[edit] Verb

bus

1. First-person singular indicative simple past of boire.
2. Second-person singular indicative simple past of boire.

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bʊs]

[edit] Verb

bùs

1. third-person singular future tense of būti.
2. third-person plural future tense of būti.
3. third-person singular future tense of busti.
4. third-person plural future tense of busti.

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *beu- (“‘to swell, bulge’”).

[edit] Noun

bus

1. lip

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Noun 1

bus m. (genitive bus, plural busaichean )

1. bus

[edit] Noun 2

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

1. pout (facial expression)

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From the verb busa (“‘to do mischief’”).

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

• NetBus

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Etymology

From English bush.

[edit] Noun

bus

1. bush

[edit] See also

• bus kanaka