English Explanatory Dictionary

autobus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
  2. A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-autobus.wav /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/ [ˈɔɾə-] /ˈɑtoʊˌbʌs/ [ˈɑɾə-]

Word forms

autobus autobuses autobusses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobileclip. English auto- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus English autobus 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.

Synonyms

groupetto gruppetto laughing group
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