Pronunciation

• IPA : /bʌs/
• SAMPA : /bVs/

Etymology

Contraction of omnibus, from Latin omnibus, meaning "for everything"

Noun

bus

1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. In an electric power distribution system, a large, usually inflexible, conductor to which other conductors are attached.
3. An interface between cards or chips composed of several electric conductors

Alternate spellings

buss (for definition 2)

Translations

• Breton: bus m, karr-boutin m (1)
• Czech: autobus m(1), sběrnice f (2, 3)
• Danish: bus, bus
• Dutch: bus m (1,2), autobus m (1)
• Finnish: bussi, linja-auto (1); väylä (2)
• French: autobus
• German: Bus m (1)
• Greek: leophoreio
• Interlingua: omnibus, autobus, bus (1)
• Italian: autobus m (1), pullman m (1), corriera f (1)
• Korean: 버스 (beoseu, South Korea, 1), 뻐스 (ppeoseu, North Korea, 1)
• Lithuanian: autobusas m (1); šyna f (2); magistralė f (3)
• Polish: autobus m (1 city transport), autokar m (1), szyna f (2,3), magistrala f (3)
• Portuguese: ônibus m (1), autocarro m (1), barramento m (2)
• Romanian: autobuz n (1), magistrală f (2)
• Russian: автобус m
• Spanish: autobús m, camión m
• Swedish: buss c (1,3)
• Turkish: Otobüs,(bilgisayarda/for computer) yol

Transitive verb

to bus

1. To transport via a motor bus.
2. To arrange for power or electrical signals to be transferred via an electrical bus.

Dutch

Noun

bus m

1. bus, omnibus

German

Noun

Bus m (plural: Busse )

1. bus, omnibus

Swedish

Noun

bus c (uncountable)

1. From the verb busa .

   Trick or Treat is often translated with Bus eller godis

Tok Pisin

bus

Noun

1. bush

See also: bus kanaka