minibus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.
Noun[edit]
minibus (plural minibuses or minibusses)
- A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
- (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
- Synonym: kombi
- 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, 14, p.6:
- Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.
- (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
- (US politics) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
- 2020 July 25, Danielle Haynes, “House passes 4-bill spending package”, in UPI:
- The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.
Translations[edit]
a small bus
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Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
minibus m inan
Declension[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from English minibus. Equivalent to mini- + bus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
minibus m (plural minibussen, diminutive minibusje n)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
minibus m (plural minibus)
Further reading[edit]
- “minibus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
minibus m (invariable)
- minibus (small bus)
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