minibus
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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See also edit
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)