English Explanatory Dictionary

minibus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
  2. A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
  3. A small four-wheeled carriage.
  4. A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-minibus.wav

Word forms

minibus minibuses minibusses

Etymology

From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.

Synonyms

jitney kombi

Related words

minivan

Derived words

midibus

Translations

Arabic: مِيكْرُوبَاص Arabic: مِينِيبَاص Armenian: միկրոավտոբուս Azerbaijani: mikroavtobus Belarusian: мікрааўто́бус Belarusian: мікро́бус Belarusian: мінібу́с Bengali: মিনিবাস Bulgarian: минибу́с Chichewa: minibási class 9/6 Chichewa: gálímoto class 9/6 Chinese Cantonese: 小巴 Chinese Mandarin: 麵包車 /面包车 Chinese Mandarin: 小巴 Czech: minibus Danish: minibus Dutch: busje Esperanto: buseto Estonian: väikebuss Estonian: kutsikas Finnish: minibussi French: minibus Georgian: მიკროავტობუსი German: Kleinbus German: Minibus Hebrew: מִינִיבּוּס Hindi: मिनीबस Hindi: छोटी बस Indonesian: bus mini Indonesian: minibus Italian: minibus Japanese: マイクロバス Korean: 승합차 Korean: 미니버스 Korean: 마이크로버스 Northern Kurdish: mînîbus Latvian: mikroautobuss Latvian: minibuss Lithuanian: mikroautobusas Lithuanian: mikrobusas Macedonian: минибус Malay: bas mini Norman: minibeusse Norwegian Bokmål: minibuss Norwegian Nynorsk: minibuss Iranian Persian: مینیبوس Polish: mikrobus Portuguese: micro-ônibus Romanian: microbuz Romanian: maxi-taxi Russian: микроавто́бус Russian: микро́бус Russian: минибу́с Russian: маршру́тка Serbo-Croatian: ми̏нибус Serbo-Croatian: mȉnibus Slovak: mikrobus Slovak: minibus Slovene: minibus
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