minibus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.
Base: bus
Affixes: mini-
Inflected forms:
form: minibuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: minibusses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
pos: noun
examples: Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.
gloss: A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
examples: Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.
gloss: A small four-wheeled carriage.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.
Related words: minivan
Derived words: midibus
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مِيكْرُوبَاص
roman: mīkrūbāṣ
lang: Arabic
word: مِينِيبَاص
roman: mīnībāṣ
lang: Armenian
word: միկրոավտոբուս
roman: mikroavtobus
lang: Azerbaijani
word: mikroavtobus
lang: Belarusian
word: мікрааўто́бус
roman: mikraawtóbus
lang: Belarusian
word: мікро́бус
roman: mikróbus
lang: Belarusian
word: мінібу́с
roman: minibús
lang: Bengali
word: মিনিবাস
roman: minibaś
lang: Bulgarian
word: минибу́с
roman: minibús
lang: Chichewa
word: minibási class 9/6
lang: Chichewa
word: gálímoto class 9/6
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 小巴
roman: siu² baa¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 麵包車 /面包车
roman: miànbāochē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 小巴
roman: xiǎobā
lang: Czech
word: minibus
lang: Danish
word: minibus
lang: Dutch
word: busje
lang: Esperanto
word: buseto
lang: Estonian
word: väikebuss
lang: Estonian
word: kutsikas
lang: Finnish
word: minibussi
lang: French
word: minibus
lang: Georgian
word: მიკროავტობუსი
roman: miḳroavṭobusi
lang: German
word: Kleinbus
lang: German
word: Minibus
lang: Hebrew
word: מִינִיבּוּס
roman: mínibus
lang: Hindi
word: मिनीबस
roman: minības
lang: Hindi
word: छोटी बस
roman: choṭī bas
lang: Indonesian
word: bus mini
lang: Indonesian
word: minibus
lang: Italian
word: minibus
lang: Japanese
word: マイクロバス
roman: maikurobasu
lang: Korean
word: 승합차
roman: seunghapcha
lang: Korean
word: 미니버스
roman: minibeoseu
lang: Korean
word: 마이크로버스
roman: maikeurobeoseu
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mînîbus
lang: Latvian
word: mikroautobuss
lang: Latvian
word: minibuss
lang: Lithuanian
word: mikroautobusas
lang: Lithuanian
word: mikrobusas
lang: Macedonian
word: минибус
roman: minibus
lang: Malay
word: bas mini
lang: Norman
word: minibeusse
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: minibuss
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: minibuss
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مینیبوس
roman: mini-bus
lang: Polish
word: mikrobus
lang: Portuguese
word: micro-ônibus
lang: Romanian
word: microbuz
lang: Romanian
word: maxi-taxi
lang: Russian
word: микроавто́бус
roman: mikroavtóbus
lang: Russian
word: микро́бус
roman: mikróbus
lang: Russian
word: минибу́с
roman: minibús
lang: Russian
word: маршру́тка
roman: maršrútka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ми̏нибус
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mȉnibus
lang: Slovak
word: mikrobus
lang: Slovak
word: minibus
lang: Slovene
word: minibus
lang: Spanish
word: microbús
lang: Spanish
word: minibús
lang: Swahili
word: minibasi
lang: Tajik
word: микроавтобус
roman: mikroavtobus
lang: Tamil
word: சிற்றுந்து
roman: ciṟṟuntu
lang: Thai
word: มินิบัส
lang: Thai
word: รถบัสเล็ก
lang: Turkish
word: minibüs
lang: Ukrainian
word: мікроавто́бус
roman: mikroavtóbus
lang: Ukrainian
word: мікро́бус
roman: mikróbus
lang: Ukrainian
word: мінібу́с
roman: minibús
lang: Vietnamese
word: xe buýt mini
lang: Welsh
word: bws mini
lang: Yiddish
word: מיניבוס
roman: minibus