bus

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[edit] English

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A bus (motor vehicle).

[edit] Etymology

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

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Particularly: “explain conductor sense”

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[edit] 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. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.

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Terms derived from bus

[edit] Translations

vehicle
electrical conductor
medical slang: ambulance

[edit] 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.
  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] Derived terms

  • (clear meal remains): busboy

[edit] Translations

transport via a motor bus
transport students to school
travel by bus
clear meal remains from
work as a table clearer

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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”).

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bus m. (plural busos)

  1. (archaic) flattery
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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)

[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

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of bus
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bus bussen busser busserne
genitive bus’ bussens bussers bussernes

[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

bus m. and f. (plural bussen, diminutive busje)

  1. (transport) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
  2. (transport, in diminutive) minibus, minivan
  3. bus (electrical conductor)
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-Germanic *buhsijōn. Compare German Büchse.

[edit] Noun

bus c. (plural bussen, diminutive busje)

  1. container, box, tin
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bus

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

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

bus m. (plural bus)

  1. bus
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Inflected forms.

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bus

  1. first-person singular indicative simple past of boire
  2. second-person singular indicative simple past of boire
  3. plural past participle of boire

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From English bus.

[edit] Noun

bus m.

  1. bus

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bus busanna
Vocative a bhus a bhusanna
Genitive bus busanna
Dative bus busanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bus na busanna
Genitive an bhus na mbusanna
Dative leis an mbus

don bhus

 leis na busanna

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bus bhus mbus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Lithuanian

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[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] Rafsi

bus

  1. Rafsi of bu.

[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

bus

  1. lip

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology 1

From English bus.

[edit] Noun

bus m. (genitive bus, plural busaichean)

  1. bus

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Irish bus.

[edit] Noun

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

  1. pout (facial expression)

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [bʉ͍ːs]

[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] Declension

Declension of bus
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative bus buset
genitive bus busets

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[edit] Tagalog

[edit] Etymology

From English bus.

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[edit] Noun

bus

  1. bus (vehicle)

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Etymology

From English bush.

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[edit] Noun

bus

  1. bush

[edit] See also

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