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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#BUS BusaCategory:Translingual clippings#BUS.

Symbol

busCategory:Translingual lemmas#BUSCategory:Translingual symbols#BUSCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BUSCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3Category:ISO 639-3 language code for Bokobaru.

See also

English

A bus (motor vehicle).
A London double-decker bus.
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.
Proto-Italic *opnis
Latin omnis
Latin omnibuslbor.
French omnibusbor.
English omnibusclip.
English bus
    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep-#BUSCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BUSCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#BUSCategory:English terms derived from French#BUSCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BUSCategory:English clippings#BUSCategory:Pages with etymology trees#BUSCategory:English entries with etymology trees#BUSCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BUS

    Clipping of omnibusCategory:English clippings#BUS. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bus (plural buses or busses)Category:English lemmas#BUSCategory:English nouns#BUSCategory:English countable nouns#BUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

    1. (automotiveCategory:en:Automotive#BUS) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
      I can't read on the bus because I get sick.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUS
      Synonyms: autobus, coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, Shillibeer (obsolete)
      Hyponyms: booze bus, commuter bus, school bus, short bus
      1. (chiefly USCategory:American English#BUS, CanadaCategory:Canadian English#BUS) A coach, a bus used for long travels.
    2. (UKCategory:British English#BUS, datedCategory:English dated terms#BUS) Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
      • 1927, Dorothy Sayers, Unnatural Death‎:
        “Excuse me,” said the stranger, who turned out to be a youth in motorcycling kit, “but could you give me a hand with my bus?”
        Category:English terms with quotations#BUS
      • 1932, Dorothy Sayers, Have His Carcase:
        It had to be something with only two cylinders, if the whole ignition was to be put out of action with one needle: that is, a Morgan, a Belsize-Bradshaw, or a motorbike. He probably avoided the bike on the grounds of exposure to weather, and chose the Morgan as the next most handy and numerous two-cylinder ’bus.
        Category:English terms with quotations#BUS
    3. (electronicsCategory:en:Electronics#BUS) An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
      Synonyms: busbar, digit trunk, electrical bus
      Hyponym: data bus
    4. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
    5. (medical industry, slangCategory:English slang#BUS) An ambulance.
    6. (military slangCategory:English military slang#BUS, 1910s–1940s) An aeroplane.[1]
    7. (networkingCategory:en:Networking#BUS) A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
    Alternative forms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    Translations

    Verb

    bus (third-person singular simple present buss or busses, present participle busing or bussing, simple past and past participle bused or bussed)Category:English lemmas#BUSCategory:English verbs#BUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

    1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BUS, automotiveCategory:en:Automotive#BUS, transportCategory:en:Transport#BUS) To transport via a motor bus.
      • 1999, Michael Saso, Velvet Bonds: The Chinese Family‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix:
        Because the new language school of Fu Jen University in the nearby city of Hsinchu was not yet completed, we were bused with other aspiring students of Chinese language to a farming village called Kuanhsi (Guanxi: West Pass), nestled against the tea growing hills of Hsinchu county.
        Category:English terms with quotations#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, archived from the original on 6 August 2024:
        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.
        Category:English terms with quotations#BUS
      • 2024 March 14, Clive Ndou, “ANC set to open case against ‘ghost IFP voters’”, in The Witness‎, archived from the original on 10 February 2026:
        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.
        Category:English terms with quotations#BUS
    2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BUS, automotiveCategory:en:Automotive#BUS, transportCategory:en:Transport#BUS, chiefly USCategory:American English#BUS) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
    3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BUS, automotiveCategory:en:Automotive#BUS, transportCategory:en:Transport#BUS) To travel by bus.
    Usage notes

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

    Translations

    Etymology 2

      Back-formation from busboyCategory:English back-formations#BUS.[2]

      Verb

      bus (third-person singular simple present buss or busses, present participle busing or bussing, simple past and past participle bused or bussed)Category:English lemmas#BUSCategory:English verbs#BUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BUS, USCategory:American English#BUS, food service) To clear meal remains from.
        He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUS
      2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BUS, USCategory:American English#BUS, 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUS
      Derived terms
      Translations

      References

      1. ↑ Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎, volume 47, number 1/2, page 26
      2. ↑ Bryan A[ndrew] Garner (2022), “bus, n. & v.t.”, in Garner’s Modern English Usage: The Authority on Grammar, Usage, and Style, 5th edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 166, column 2: “The verb bus, as a back-formation from busboy, has the additional meanings ‘to work as a busboy or busgirl’ and ‘to clear dishes from (a table).’”

      Anagrams

      Category:en:Vehicles#BUS Category:English 3-letter words#BUS

      Afar

      Etymology

      Akin to Saho bus.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bús m (plural buswá f or busuusá f)Category:Afar lemmas#BUSCategory:Afar nouns#BUSCategory:Afar entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Afar masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. vagina

      Declension

              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

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

      Afrikaans

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bus (plural busse, diminutive bussie)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BUSCategory:Afrikaans nouns#BUSCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. (automotiveCategory:af:Automotive#BUS) bus

      Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

      Etymology

      From EnglishCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English terms derived from English#BUS burst.

      Verb

      bus (past min bus, future go bus, a go bus, wi bus, wil bus, completive dun bus, imperfective a bus)Category:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lemmas#BUSCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English verbs#BUSCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. burst

      Catalan

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      Cognate to Spanish buso (“underwater snail”) and Portuguese búzio (“underwater snail”), from LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#BUS būcina (“horn”).

      Noun

      bus m or f by sense (plural bussos)Category:Catalan lemmas#BUSCategory:Catalan nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan countable nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending#BUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Catalan masculine and feminine nouns by sense#BUSCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan feminine nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan nouns with multiple genders#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. diver
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      Probably from Old NorseCategory:Catalan terms derived from Old Norse#BUS buza (“big wide ship”).

      Noun

      bus m (plural bussos)Category:Catalan lemmas#BUSCategory:Catalan nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan countable nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. (archaicCategory:Catalan terms with archaic senses#BUS) a large sailing ship used in the 12th and 13th centuries, broad of beam and with two or three masts

      Etymology 3

      Probably from PersianCategory:Catalan terms derived from Persian#BUS بوس (bus, “kiss”).

      Noun

      bus m (plural busos)Category:Catalan lemmas#BUSCategory:Catalan nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan countable nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. (archaicCategory:Catalan terms with archaic senses#BUS) flattery
      Usage notes
      • Only found in the phrase fer lo bus (“to kiss up”).

      Etymology 4

      Clipping of autobúsCategory:Catalan clippings#BUS.

      Noun

      bus m (plural busos)Category:Catalan lemmas#BUSCategory:Catalan nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan countable nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. bus (vehicle)

      Etymology 5

      Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from English#BUSCategory:Catalan terms derived from English#BUS bus.

      Noun

      bus m (plural busos)Category:Catalan lemmas#BUSCategory:Catalan nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan countable nouns#BUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. bus (electrical connector)

      Further reading

      Category:ca:Electronics#BUSCategory:ca:Occupations#BUSCategory:ca:Water sports#BUSCategory:ca:Vehicles#BUSCategory:ca:Watercraft#BUS

      Cimbrian

      Etymology

      From ItalianCategory:Cimbrian terms borrowed from Italian#BUSCategory:Cimbrian terms derived from Italian#BUS bus, a clipping of omnibus, from FrenchCategory:Cimbrian terms derived from French#BUS omnibus.

      Noun

      bus mCategory:Cimbrian lemmas#BUSCategory:Cimbrian nouns#BUSCategory:Cimbrian entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Cimbrian masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. (LusernaCategory:Luserna Cimbrian#BUS) bus (vehicle)
        Benn rifta dar bus? ― What time does the bus come?Category:Cimbrian terms with usage examples#BUS

      References

      Category:cim:Automotive#BUSCategory:cim:Transport#BUSCategory:cim:Vehicles#BUS

      Czech

      Etymology 1

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bus m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#BUSCategory:Czech nouns#BUSCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Czech masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
        Synonym: autobus
      Declension
      Declension of bus (hard masculine inanimate)
      singular plural
      nominative bus busy
      genitive busu busů
      dative busu busům
      accusative bus busy
      vocative buse busy
      locative buse, busu busech
      instrumental busem busy
      Category:Czech masculine inanimate nouns#BUSCategory:Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns#BUS

      Etymology 2

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bus m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#BUSCategory:Czech nouns#BUSCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Czech masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. (computingCategory:cs:Computing#BUS) bus (an electrical interface connecting two or more components)
      Declension
      Declension of bus (hard masculine inanimate)
      singular plural
      nominative bus busy
      genitive busu busů
      dative busu busům
      accusative bus busy
      vocative buse busy
      locative busu busech
      instrumental busem busy
      Category:Czech masculine inanimate nouns#BUSCategory:Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns#BUS

      Danish

      Etymology

      Shortening of omnibus, from FrenchCategory:Danish terms derived from French#BUS omnibus, from LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#BUS omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bus c (singular definite bussen, plural indefinite busser)Category:Danish lemmas#BUSCategory:Danish nouns#BUSCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

      1. bus, coach

      Inflection

      Declension of bus
      common
      gender      		 singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative bus bussen busser busserne
      genitive bus’ bussens bussers bussernes

      Dutch

      Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nl

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

        Shortening of omnibus, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#BUS omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).

        Noun

        bus m (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BUSCategory:Dutch nouns#BUSCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BUSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

        1. (transportCategory:nl:Transport#BUS) bus, omnibus (vehicle)
        2. (transportCategory:nl:Transport#BUS, in diminutive) minibus, minivan
        3. bus (electrical conductor)
        Derived terms
        Descendants
        • → Caribbean Javanese: bis
        • → Papiamentu: bùs
        • → Sranan Tongo: bùs

        Etymology 2

          Category:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Late Latin#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BUSCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BUSCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BUS

          From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BUS busse, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BUS *bussa, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BUS *buhsā. Doublet of buks (“shotgun”), box, and pyxisCategory:Dutch doublets#BUS.

          Noun

          bus f (plural bussen, diminutive busje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BUSCategory:Dutch nouns#BUSCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BUSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Dutch feminine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. a container, a box, a tin
          2. a bushing
          3. (chiefly historicalCategory:Dutch terms with historical senses#BUS) one of a variety of early modern firearms, such as flintlock and matchlock guns
          4. (datedCategory:Dutch dated terms#BUS, NetherlandsCategory:Netherlands Dutch#BUS) a voluntary sick fund, especially before the introduction of universal health care in the Netherlands in the 1940s
          Derived terms
          Descendants
          • Petjo: bus
          • → Indonesian: bis (“letterbox, mailbox”), bos (“bushing”)

          Etymology 3

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

          Verb

          busCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#BUSCategory:Dutch verb forms#BUSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. inflection of bussen:
            1. first-person singular present indicative
            2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
            3. imperative Category:nl:Vehicles#BUS

          French

          Etymology 1

          Clipping of omnibusCategory:French clippings#BUS.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus m or f (invariable)Category:French lemmas#BUSCategory:French nouns#BUSCategory:French countable nouns#BUSCategory:French indeclinable nouns#BUSCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:French masculine nouns#BUSCategory:French feminine nouns#BUSCategory:French nouns with multiple genders#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. bus
            Synonym: autobus
          Derived terms

          Etymology 2

          Inflected forms.

          Pronunciation

          Verb

          busCategory:French non-lemma forms#BUSCategory:French verb forms#BUSCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

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

          Participle

          bus m plCategory:French non-lemma forms#BUSCategory:French past participle forms#BUSCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. masculine plural of bu

          Further reading

          Indonesian

          Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia id

          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          Sebuah bus yang berwarna biru kuning.

          Borrowed from DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#BUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#BUS bus, shortening of omnibus, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#BUS omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).

          Alternative forms

          Noun

          busCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BUSCategory:Indonesian nouns#BUSCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. bus (a motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
          Derived terms

          Etymology 2

          OnomatopoeicCategory:Indonesian onomatopoeias#BUS, related to embus or hembus.

          Noun

          busCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BUSCategory:Indonesian nouns#BUSCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. imitation sound of blowing wind; can be roughly translated as whoosh

          Further reading

          Category:Indonesian heteronyms#BUS Category:id:Automotive#BUS

          Irish

          Etymology

          Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Irish terms borrowed from English#BUSCategory:Irish terms derived from English#BUS bus.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus m (genitive singular bus, nominative plural busanna)Category:Irish lemmas#BUSCategory:Irish nouns#BUSCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Irish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. bus
          2. (computingCategory:ga:Computing#BUS) bus

          Declension

          Derived terms

          Mutation

          Mutated forms of bus
          radical lenition eclipsis
          bus bhus mbus

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          References

          1. ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48

          Further reading

          Category:ga:Vehicles#BUS

          Italian

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#BUSCategory:Italian nouns#BUSCategory:Italian countable nouns#BUSCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#BUSCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Italian masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. bus

          Kankanaey

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          busCategory:Kankanaey lemmas#BUSCategory:Kankanaey nouns#BUSCategory:Kankanaey entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. alternative spelling of bos

          Lithuanian

          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Lithuanian entries#BUS

          Pronunciation

          Verb

          bùsCategory:Lithuanian non-lemma forms#BUSCategory:Lithuanian verb forms#BUSCategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          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

          Etymology

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

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          busCategory:Lombard lemmas#BUSCategory:Lombard nouns#BUSCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. hole

          Maltese

          Pronunciation

          Verb

          busCategory:Maltese non-lemma forms#BUSCategory:Maltese verb forms#BUSCategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. second-person singular imperative of bies

          Middle Irish

          Etymology

          From Proto-CelticCategory:Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#BUSCategory:Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#BUS *bussus, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BUS *bʰew- (“to swell, bulge”).

          Noun

          bus (gender unknown)Category:Middle Irish lemmas#BUSCategory:Middle Irish nouns#BUSCategory:Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. (rareCategory:Middle Irish terms with rare senses#BUS, poeticCategory:Middle Irish poetic terms#BUS) lip

          Descendants

          • Irish: pus
          • Scottish Gaelic: bus

          Further reading

          Norman

          Verb

          busCategory:Norman non-lemma forms#BUSCategory:Norman verb forms#BUSCategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. first-person singular preterite of baithe

          Norwegian Nynorsk

          Noun

          bus n (definite singular buset, uncountable)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#BUSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#BUSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns#BUSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. (dialectalCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms#BUS, SetesdalCategory:Setesdalsk Norwegian#BUS, TelemarkCategory:Telemark dialect#BUS) alternative form of bos

          Polish

          bus

          Pronunciation

          Etymology 1

          Clipping of autobusCategory:Polish clippings#BUS. Calque of EnglishCategory:Polish terms calqued from English#BUSCategory:Polish terms derived from English#BUS bus.

          Noun

          bus m animal or m inan (diminutive busik)Category:Polish lemmas#BUSCategory:Polish nouns#BUSCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Polish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Polish animal nouns#BUSCategory:Polish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#BUSCategory:Polish nouns with multiple animacies#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#BUS) bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)
          Declension
          Derived terms

          Etymology 2

          Clipping of mikrobusCategory:Polish clippings#BUS.

          Noun

          bus m animal or m inan (diminutive busik)Category:Polish lemmas#BUSCategory:Polish nouns#BUSCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Polish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Polish animal nouns#BUSCategory:Polish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#BUSCategory:Polish nouns with multiple animacies#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#BUS) van (motor vehicle used to carry goods or, usually, up to 10 people)
          Declension

          Further reading

          • “bus”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • “bus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
          Category:pl:Vehicles#BUS

          Romagnol

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus mCategory:Romagnol lemmas#BUSCategory:Romagnol nouns#BUSCategory:Romagnol entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Romagnol masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. hole

          Scottish Gaelic

          Etymology 1

          From Middle IrishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish#BUS bus.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus m (genitive singular buis, plural buis or busan)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUSCategory:gd-noun 2

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

          Etymology 2

          Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from English#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from English#BUS bus.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus m (genitive singular bus, plural busaichean)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUSCategory:gd-noun 2

          1. bus

          Mutation

          Mutation of bus
          radical lenition
          busbhus

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          Somali

          Noun

          bus ?Category:Somali lemmas#BUSCategory:Somali nouns#BUSCategory:Somali entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Requests for gender in Somali entries#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. dust

          Spanish

          Etymology

          Clipping of autobúsCategory:Spanish clippings#BUS (in Spain) or borrowed from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#BUSCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#BUS bus (in Latin America).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus m (plural buses)Category:Spanish lemmas#BUSCategory:Spanish nouns#BUSCategory:Spanish countable nouns#BUSCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. clipping of autobúsCategory:Spanish clippings#BUS; bus
            Synonyms: autobús; see also Thesaurus:autobús
          2. (computingCategory:es:Computing#BUS) bus

          Usage notes

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

          Derived terms

          Further reading

          Swedish

          Etymology

          From the verb busa (“make mischief, prank”).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus n (uncountable)Category:Swedish lemmas#BUSCategory:Swedish nouns#BUSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUSCategory:Swedish uncountable nouns#BUS

          1. (fairly innocent) mischief (by children), pranking
            bus eller godis
            trick or treat ("mischief or candy")
            Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#BUS
          2. (colloquialCategory:Swedish colloquialisms#BUS, chiefly in the definite "buset") criminals (on the lower rungs of the social ladder)
            att ta fast buset
            to catch the criminals
            Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#BUS

          Usage notes

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

          Declension

          Derived terms

          References

          • “bus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

          Anagrams

          Tagalog

          Etymology

          Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#BUSCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#BUS bus, clipping of omnibus, from FrenchCategory:Tagalog terms derived from French#BUS omnibus, from LatinCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Latin#BUS omnibus (“to/for all”).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bus (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ or ᜊᜐ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BUSCategory:Tagalog nouns#BUSCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BUSCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BUSCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BUSCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

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

          Usage notes

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

          Derived terms

          See also

          References

          • “bus”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
          Category:tl:Vehicles#BUS

          Tok Pisin

          Etymology

          From EnglishCategory:Tok Pisin terms derived from English#BUS bush.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          busCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#BUSCategory:Tok Pisin nouns#BUSCategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. bush (remote rural areas)

          Derived terms

          West Flemish

          Etymology 1

          From Middle DutchCategory:West Flemish terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BUSCategory:West Flemish terms derived from Middle Dutch#BUS busch, variant of bosch, from Old DutchCategory:West Flemish terms inherited from Old Dutch#BUSCategory:West Flemish terms derived from Old Dutch#BUS *busc, from Proto-GermanicCategory:West Flemish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BUSCategory:West Flemish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BUS *buskaz.

          Noun

          bus nCategory:West Flemish lemmas#BUSCategory:West Flemish nouns#BUSCategory:West Flemish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:West Flemish neuter nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. forest

          Etymology 2

          (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?”)Category:Requests for etymologies in West Flemish entries#BUS

          Noun

          bus mCategory:West Flemish lemmas#BUSCategory:West Flemish nouns#BUSCategory:West Flemish entries with incorrect language header#BUSCategory:West Flemish masculine nouns#BUSCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCategory:Pages with 30 entries#BUS

          1. bus
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