autobus

See also: Autobus and autobús

English

WOTD – 13 July 2022

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

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/, [ˈɔɾə-]
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧bus

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

Noun

autobus m

  1. bus

Basque

Noun

autobus inan

  1. bus

Declension

Declension of autobus (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive autobus autobusa autobusak
ergative autobusek autobusak autobusek
dative autobusi autobusari autobusei
genitive autobusen autobusaren autobusen
comitative autobusekin autobusarekin autobusekin
causative autobusengatik autobusarengatik autobusengatik
benefactive autobusentzat autobusarentzat autobusentzat
instrumental autobusez autobusaz autobusez
inessive autobusetan autobusean autobusetan
locative autobusetako autobuseko autobusetako
allative autobusetara autobusera autobusetara
terminative autobusetaraino autobuseraino autobusetaraino
directive autobusetarantz autobuserantz autobusetarantz
destinative autobusetarako autobuserako autobusetarako
ablative autobusetatik autobusetik autobusetatik
partitive autobusik
prolative autobustzat

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈau̯tobus]

Noun

autobus m inan

  1. bus, coach, omnibus

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.toːˌbʏs/, /ˈoː.toːˌbʏs/
  • (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

From auto- + bus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

autobus m (plural autobus)

  1. bus, coach (vehicle)

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French autobus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaw.to.bus/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -awtobus
  • Hyphenation: àu‧to‧bus

Noun

autobus m (invariable)

  1. bus
    Synonym: pullman

Occitan

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From auto- + bus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈtɔ.bus/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbus
  • Syllabification: au‧to‧bus

Noun

autobus m inan (diminutive autobusik)

  1. bus

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

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


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English autobus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

autóbus m (Cyrillic spelling ауто́бус)

  1. bus

Declension


Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈau̯tɔbus/

Noun

autobus m (genitive singular autobusa, autobusu, nominative plural autobusy, genitive plural autobusov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. a bus

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • autobus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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