see|Bus|buss
English
Image:Kintetsu Bus 001 JPN.jpg|thumb|right|A bus<SUP>1</SUP>.

Etymology 1

abbreviation
bus.

1. business

Etymology 2
Contraction of omnibus. From L. omnibus, meaning for everything/all; dative plural of omnis, meaning all.

Noun
en-noun|plbuses|pl2busses

1. context|automotive|vehicle 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.

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

:: Taiwanese Min Nan: zh-ts|��|�车 (kong-chhia); bá-suh
Crimean Tatar: avtobus#Crimean Tatar|avtobus
Czech: t+|cs|autobus|m
Danish: t-|da|bus
Dutch: t+|nl|bus|m, t+|nl|autobus|m
Estonian: buss, autobuss
Ewe: b�s
Finnish: t+|fi|bussi, t+|fi|linja-auto
French: t+|fr|autobus
German: t+|de|Bus|m
Greek: λε��ο�είο (le�foreío) n
Hebrew: ������ס (ot'obus) m
Hungarian: autóbusz, busz
Icelandic: strætisvagn m (city transport), strætó m (informal; city transport), langferðabíll m (long distance), rúta f (informal; long distance)
Interlingua: omnibus, autobus, bus
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|autobus|m, t+|it|pullman|m, t+|it|corriera|f
Japanese: �� (basu)
Korean: �� (beoseu, South Korea), �� (ppoeseu, North Korea)
Kurdish: KUchar|پاس
Latvian: autobuss
Lithuanian: autobusas m
Maltese: karozza tal-linja, tal-linja, xarabank
Nahuatl: calmimilolli
Norwegian: t-|no|buss|m
Polish: autobus m (city transport), autokar m
Portuguese: ônibus m, autocarro m
Romanian: t-|ro|autobuz|n
Russian: t+|ru|ав�об��|m|travtóbus|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|autobus|m
Slovene: t+|sl|avtobus|m
Spanish: autobús m, autocar m italbrac|Spain, t+|es|bus|m italbrac|Latin America, camión m italbrac|Mexico, camioneta f italbrac|Guatemala, cazadora f italbrac|Costa Rica, colectivo m italbrac|Argentina, guagua f italbrac|Caribbean Islands, Spain's Canary Islands, micro f italbrac|Chile, micro m italbrac|Argentina, ómnibus m italbrac|Bolivia|Paraguay|Peru|Uruguay, bondi m italbrac|Argentina|colloquial, rufa f italbrac|Cuba|colloquial
Swedish: t+|sv|buss|c
Turkish: t-|tr|otobüs
trans-bottom

:: Taiwanese Mandarin: zh-ts|���|��� (huìliúpái)
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|buss|m
Romanian: magistral� f
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|busses or buses|bussing or busing|bussed or bused

1. context|transitive|automotive|transport To transport via a motor bus.
2. context|transitive|automotive|transport To transport students to school, often to achieve racial integration.
3. context|intransitive|automotive|transport To travel by bus.

Translations
trans-top|to transport via a motor bus
Norwegian: t-|no|busse
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|to transport students to school
Norwegian: t-|no|busse
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|to travel by bus
Norwegian: t-|no|busse (rarely used)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
booze bus
busbar
bus duct
bus lane
bus stop
busman's holiday
back end of a bus/look like the back end of a bus

Etymology 3

Verb
en-verb|busses or buses|bussing or busing|bussed or bused

1. To clear and clean a table in a restaurant.

Derived terms
busboy

Catalan

Noun
bus

1. diver

Category:Catalan nouns

Dutch

Noun
bus m

1. #English|bus, omnibus

Category:Dutch nouns

French

Verb form
bus

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

Noun
bus m

1. colloquial|lang=fr #English|bus

Synonyms
autobus

Category:French nouns
Category:French verb forms

Old Irish

Etymology
PIE.|sga *beu-, "to swell, bulge".

Noun
bus

1. lip.

Category:Old Irish nouns

Swedish

Etymology
From the verb busa#Swedish|busa (to do mischief).

Noun
bus n (uncountable)

1. Very innocent mischief.

#: Trick or Treat is often translated with Bus eller godis

1. General noise or trouble made by gangs of youths

Category:Swedish nouns

Tok Pisin

Etymology
From E.|tpi bush

Noun
bus

1. bush

See also
bus kanaka

Category:Tok Pisin nouns

cs:bus
de:bus
el:bus
es:bus
fa:bus
fo:bus
fr:bus
gl:bus
hy:bus
io:bus
id:bus
it:bus
ku:bus
lt:bus
hu:bus
nl:bus
ja:bus
pl:bus
pt:bus
ru:bus
simple:bus
fi:bus
sv:bus
ta:bus
vi:bus
zh:bus

• 2008-01-02 02:22 - Keene - back end of a bus

Full Revision History