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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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

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A bus1.

Singular
bus

Plural
buses or busses

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.

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Infinitive
to bus

Third person singular
busses or buses

Simple past
bussed or bused

Past participle
[[bussed or bused]]

Present participle
bussing or busing

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.

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

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

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bus m. and f. (plural bussos)

  1. diver

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Probably from Old Norse buza (big wide ship).

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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.

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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).

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Reduction of autobús

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bus m. (plural busos)

  1. bus (vehicle)

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From English bus.

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bus m. (plural busos)

  1. bus (electrical connector)

[edit] Danish

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Shortening of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (for all), dative plural of omnis (all).

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  • IPA: /bus/, [b̥us]

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

  1. bus, coach

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[edit] Dutch

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bus m. (plural bussen, diminutive busje)

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

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[edit] Filipino

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From English bus.

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bus

  1. bus (vehicle)

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[edit] Etymology 1

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bus m.

  1. (colloquial) bus
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Inflection.

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bus

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

[edit] Lithuanian

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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.

[edit] Old Irish

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

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bus

  1. lip

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bus m. (genitive bus, plural busaichean )

  1. bus

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

  1. pout (facial expression)

[edit] Swedish

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From the verb busa (to do mischief).

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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

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From English bush.

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bus

  1. bush

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