autobus

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See also: Autobus and autobús

English

Etymology

An autobus (sense 1) in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France, in 1966.
The autobus (sense 2) at Stage 10 of the 2005 Tour de France.

From auto- (prefix meaning ‘self’, in the sense of being self-propelled) +‎ bus. Sense 2 (“large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton”) is borrowed from French autobus.

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus (plural autobuses or autobusses)

  1. (road transport, dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
  2. (by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (main group of riders) in a race.
    Synonyms: groupetto, gruppetto, laughing group

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Albanian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare Italian autobus.

Noun

autobús m (plural autobúsë, definite autobúsi)

  1. bus

References

  • autobus”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus inan

  1. bus

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m inan

  1. bus, coach, omnibus
  2. woodlouse

Declension

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Further reading

  • autobus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • autobus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • autobus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

From English autobus or French autobus.[1] Equivalent to auto +‎ bus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.toːˌbʏs/, /ˈoː.toːˌbʏs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧bus

Noun

autobus m (plural autobussen, diminutive autobusje n)

  1. bus, coach (vehicle)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: otobus

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

French

Etymology

Coined in Paris in 1907 as a compound of automobile +‎ omnibus.

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m (plural autobus)

  1. bus, coach (vehicle)

Derived terms

Descendants

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Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French autobus.

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m (invariable)

  1. bus
    Synonym: pullman

Occitan

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Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m (plural autobus) (Limousin)

  1. bus
    Synonym: autobussa
  2. motorcoach
    Synonym: autocar

Further reading

  • Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 94

Polish

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autobus

Etymology

Internationalism; compare French autobus, German Autobus, Russian авто́бус (avtóbus). By surface analysis, auto- +‎ bus.

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m animal or m inan (diminutive autobusik, related adjective autobusowy)

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

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

Further reading

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

Romanian

Noun

autobus n (plural autobuse)

  1. Alternative form of autobuz

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative autobus autobusul autobuse autobusele
genitive-dative autobus autobusului autobuse autobuselor
vocative autobusule autobuselor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English autobus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /autǒːbus/
  • Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧bus

Noun

autóbus m (Cyrillic spelling ауто́бус)

  1. bus

Declension

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Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

autobus m inan (relational adjective autobusový)

  1. a bus

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • autobus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024