double-decker bus

English

A double-decker bus

Noun

double-decker bus (plural double-decker buses)

1. A bus that has two levels (decks) of seating.

   Meronym: top deck

   • 1986, Johnny Marr, Morrissey (lyrics and music), “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”, in The Queen Is Dead, performed by The Smiths:

     And if a double-decker bus / Crashes into us

Synonyms

• double-decker (UK)

Translations

bus that has two levels of seating

• Danish: dobbeltdækkerbus (da) c, dobbeltdækker c, todækker (da) c
• Dutch: dubbeldeksbus (nl) m, dubbeldekker (nl) m
• Finnish: kaksikerroksinen bussi
• French: bus à impériale (fr) m, autobus à impériale m
• German: Doppeldecker (de) m, Doppeldeckerbus m, Doppelstockbus m
• Polish: piętrowy autobus m
• Russian: двухэта́жный авто́бус m (dvuxɛtážnyj avtóbus)
• Swedish: dubbeldäckare (sv) c
• Telugu: రెండంతస్తుల బస్సు (reṇḍantastula bassu)
• Yiddish: אימפּעריאַל (imperyal)

Further reading

• double-decker bus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia