bus

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English[edit]

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A bus (motor vehicle).

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of omnibus. Formerly often spelt 'bus. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus (plural buses or busses)

  1. (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads; by extension, the driver of said vehicle
  2. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
  3. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
  4. (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
  5. (military slang, 1910s–1940s) An aeroplane.[1]

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Descendants[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.
    • 2024 March 13, Halya Coynash, “Russians with machine guns ensure occupied Ukraine ‘votes’ for Putin”, in Human Rights in Ukraine. The Information Portal of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group[2]:
      Machine guns are the most effective form of ‘election campaigning’, but the occupiers appear to also be bussing in ‘voters’ from the Russian Federation, and ‘registering total strangers in the homes of people forced to flee after the Russian invasion.
    • 2024 March 14, Clive Ndou, “ANC set to open case against ‘ghost IFP voters’”, in The Witness[3]:
      The ANC has accused the IFP of bussing in voters from other wards to vote during the recent Newcastle Municipality by-election won by the IFP.
  2. (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
    • 1966, Phil Ochs, “Love Me, I'm a Liberal”, in Phils Ochs in Concert:
      But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name
    • 2008, Ashley R. Holm, Racial Differences in Student Engagement and Attainment: A Study of Topeka High School, 1939--1984, ProQuest, →ISBN, page 23:
      ...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country.
  3. (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
  4. (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
    He bussed 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 bussing for minimum wage.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, issue 1/2, page 26

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Saho bus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbus/, [ˈbʊs]
  • Hyphenation: bus

Noun[edit]

bús m (plural buswá f or busuusá f)

  1. vagina

Declension[edit]

Declension of bús
absolutive bús
predicative búsu
subjective bús
genitive bustí
Postpositioned forms
l-case búsul
k-case búsuk
t-case búsut
h-case búsuh

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bus”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus (plural busse, diminutive bussie)

  1. (automotive) bus

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bus m or f by sense (plural bussos)

  1. diver
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably from Old Norse buza (big wide ship).

Noun[edit]

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

Etymology 3[edit]

Probably from Persian بوس (bus, kiss).

Noun[edit]

bus m (plural busos)

  1. (archaic) flattery
Usage notes[edit]
  • Only found in the phrase fer lo bus (to kiss up).

Etymology 4[edit]

Clipping of autobús.

Noun[edit]

bus m (plural busos)

  1. bus (vehicle)

Etymology 5[edit]

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun[edit]

bus m (plural busos)

  1. bus (electrical connector)

Further reading[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian bus, a clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus.

Noun[edit]

bus m

  1. (Luserna) bus (vehicle)
    Benn rifta dar bus?What time does the bus come?

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Czech[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m inan

  1. bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
    Synonym: autobus
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m inan

  1. (computing) bus (an electrical interface connecting two or more components)
Declension[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus c (singular definite bussen, plural indefinite busser)

  1. bus, coach

Inflection[edit]

Dutch[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bus m (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)

  1. (transport) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
  2. (transport, in diminutive) minibus, minivan
  3. bus (electrical conductor)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Caribbean Javanese: bis
  • Papiamentu: bùs
  • Sranan Tongo: bùs

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch busse, from Old Dutch *bussa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. Doublet of buks (shotgun), box, and pyxis.

Noun[edit]

bus f (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)

  1. A container, a box, a tin.
  2. A bushing.
  3. (chiefly historical) One of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns.
  4. (dated, Netherlands) A voluntary sick fund, especially before the introduction of universal health care in the Netherlands in the 1940s.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Petjo: bus
  • Indonesian: bis (letterbox, mailbox)

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Related to etymology 2.

Verb[edit]

bus

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

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of omnibus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m or f (plural bus)

  1. bus
    Synonym: autobus
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bus

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of boire

Participle[edit]

bus m pl

  1. masculine plural of bu

Further reading[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

  • bas (Standard Malay)
  • bis (nonstandard)

Etymology 1[edit]

bus

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch bus, from Latin omnibus (for everything/all); dative plural of omnis (all).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈbʊs]
  • (dialect) IPA(key): [ˈbɪs], [ˈbəs], [ˈbas], [ˈbɘs]
  • Rhymes: -bʊs, -ʊs, -s
  • Hyphenation: bus

Noun[edit]

bus (plural bus-bus, first-person possessive busku, second-person possessive busmu, third-person possessive busnya)

  1. bus: a motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeic, related to embus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊs/
  • Hyphenation: bus

Noun[edit]

bus (first-person possessive busku, second-person possessive busmu, third-person possessive busnya)

  1. wind

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m (genitive singular bus, nominative plural busanna)

  1. bus
  2. (computing) bus

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48

Further reading[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bùs

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

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Italian buca, ultimately from Latin bucca, whence French French bouche.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus

  1. hole

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bus

  1. second-person singular imperative of bies

Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *bussus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (to swell, bulge).

Noun[edit]

bus (gender unknown)

  1. (rare, poetic) lip

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: pus
  • Scottish Gaelic: bus

Further reading[edit]

Norman[edit]

Verb[edit]

bus

  1. first-person singular preterite of baithe

Polish[edit]

bus

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of autobus. Calque of English bus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m animal or m inan (diminutive busik)

  1. (colloquial) bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • bus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romagnol[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m

  1. hole
    • September 2012, Daniela Cortesi, Bônanòta in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
      un sorg e’ cor in priscia int e’ su bus.
      a mouse runs hastily towards its hole.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Irish bus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. mouth
    Synonym: beul
  2. pout (facial expression)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean)

  1. bus

Mutation[edit]

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

Somali[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus ?

  1. dust

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortening of autobús (in Spain) or borrowed from English bus (in Latin America).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbus/ [ˈbus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: bus

Noun[edit]

bus m (plural buses)

  1. Clipping of autobús; bus
    Synonyms: autobús; see also Thesaurus:autobús

Usage notes[edit]

  • In Spain, bus is a colloquial word and in Latin America it is a formal word.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the verb busa (make mischief, prank).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus n (uncountable)

  1. (fairly innocent) mischief (by children), pranking
    bus eller godis
    trick or treat ("mischief or candy")
  2. (colloquial, chiefly in the definite "buset") criminals (on the lower rungs of the social ladder)
    att ta fast buset
    to catch the criminals

Usage notes[edit]

Associated with mischief and pranks by children, with ironic extensions to adults fooling around and criminality.

Declension[edit]

Declension of bus 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bus buset
Genitive bus busets

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • busa (make mischief, prank)

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bus, clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (to/for all).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ or ᜊᜐ᜔)

  1. bus (vehicle)
    Synonym: awtobus
  2. bus (electrical conductor)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The pronunciation /bas/ is commonly used in Taglish speech, especially by younger speakers.

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • bus”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English bush.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bus

  1. bush (remote rural areas)
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:
      God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.
      →New International Version translation

Derived terms[edit]

West Flemish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch busch, variant of bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun[edit]

bus n

  1. forest

Etymology 2[edit]

(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[edit]

bus m

  1. bus