articulated bus

English

Etymology

articulated +‎ bus

Noun

articulated bus (plural articulated buses)

1. A bus fitted with a joint, which is covered by an accordion-shaped weatherproofing, to increase its manoeuvrability.

   Synonyms: accordion bus, banana bus, bendy bus

Translations

articulated bus

• Bulgarian: съчленен автобус (sǎčlenen avtobus)
• Catalan: autobús articulat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉸接客車／铰接客车 (jiǎojiē kèchē), 雙節公車／双节公车 (shuāngjié gōngchē), 鉸接式公交車／铰接式公交车 (jiǎojiēshì gōngjiāochē)

• Czech: kloubový autobus m, kloubák m
• Danish: ledbus (da) c
• Dutch: gelede bus m
• Estonian: lõõtsaga buss
• Finnish: nivelbussi (fi), (informal) haitaribussi (fi)
• French: autobus articulé (fr) m, bus accordéon (fr) m
• German: Gelenkbus m; (colloquially also) Knickbus m, Ziehharmonikabus m
• Hungarian: csuklós busz (hu)
• Irish: bus altach m
• Italian: autobus articolato, autosnodato (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leddbuss (no) m

  Nynorsk: leddbuss m

• Polish: przegubowiec (pl) m, autobus przegubowy m
• Portuguese: articulado (pt) m
• Russian: авто́бус-гармо́шка m (avtóbus-garmóška)
• Serbo-Croatian: zglobni autobus m
• Spanish: autobús articulado m, bus articulado m, autobús oruga m, bus oruga (es) m
• Swedish: ledbuss (sv) c, ledvagn, dragspelsbuss (sv) c
• Turkish: körüklü otobüs

See also

• bi-articulated bus