minibus
English
noun
Definitions
- A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
- (South Africa) A-sixteen seater vehicle used as a taxi. A kombi.
- (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
- (US politics) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
Etymology
Prefix from English bus.
Origin
English
bus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Airbus English
- airbus English
- articulated bus English
- autobus English
- bangbus English
- battlebus English
- bookbus English
- bus English
- bus captain English
- busable English
- busbar English
- busboy English
- busfare English
- busful English
- busgirl English
- busless English
- buslike English
- busload English
- busman English
- busser English
- bussick English
- bussy English
- busway English
- city bus English
- citybus English
- commuter bus English
- embus English
- helibus English
- metrobus English
- microbus English
- midibus English
- motorbus English
- multibus English
- playbus English
- railbus English
- shuttlebus English
- stage bus English
- superbus English
- taxibus English
- telebus English
- transit bus English
- trolleybus English
- waterbus English
- bussi Finnish
- omnibus Latin
- omnibus French
- bus Spanish, Castilian
- buss Swedish
- バス Japanese
- bus Polish
- बसयान Sanskrit
- bus Irish
- باص Arabic
- بص Arabic
- บัส Thai
- รถบัส Thai
- bws Welsh
- బస్సు Telugu
- bus Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beusse Norman
- bosse Norman
- bus Tagalog
- bas Malay
- ဘတ်စ်ကား Burmese
- 巴士 Chinese
- 巴車 Chinese
- basi Swahili
- 미니버스 Korean
- 버스 Korean
- 뻐스 Korean
- ibhasi Zulu
- ibhasi Xhosa
- bas Tok Pisin
- འབའ་སེ Tibetan
- ਬੱਸ Panjabi, Punjabi
- libhasi Swati
- bas Hausa
- bhazi Shona
- 빠쓰 Jeju
- bus
- embus
- bussy
- airbus
- Airbus
- busway
- busser
- busboy
- busman
- busbar
- busful
- taxibus
- busless
- railbus
- helibus
- buslike
- playbus
- telebus
- busfare
- bookbus
- midibus
- busload
- citybus
- bangbus
- bussick
- busable
- busgirl
- autobus
- city bus
- waterbus
- microbus
- motorbus
- multibus
- metrobus
- superbus
- battlebus
- stage bus
- trolleybus
- shuttlebus
- transit bus
- bus captain
- commuter bus
- articulated bus