minibus

minibus

See also: minibús and -minibus

English

A school minibus

A minibus taxi in South Africa

Etymology

mini- +‎ bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.

Noun

minibus (plural minibuses or minibusses)

1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
2. (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.

   Synonym: kombi

   • 2006, Weekend Argus, May 13/14, p.6

     Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.

3. (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
4. (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

a small bus

Arabic: مِيكْرُوبَاص‎ m (mīkrūbāṣ), مِينِيبَاص‎ m (mīnībāṣ) Armenian: միկրոավտոբուս (mikroavtobus) Azerbaijani: mikroavtobus Belarusian: мікрааўто́бус m (mikraaŭtóbus), мікро́бус m (mikróbus), мінібу́с m (minibús) Bulgarian: минибу́с m (minibús) Chinese: Cantonese: 小巴 (siu2 baa1) Mandarin: 麵包車／面包车 (zh) (miànbāochē), 小巴 (xiǎobā) Czech: minibus m Danish: minibus c Dutch: busje (nl) n Esperanto: buseto Estonian: väikebuss Finnish: minibussi French: minibus (fr) m Georgian: მიკროავტობუსი (miḳroavṭobusi) German: Kleinbus (de) m, Minibus (de) m Hebrew: מִינִיבּוּס‎ (he) (mínibus) Indonesian: bus mini Japanese: マイクロバス (maikurobasu) Korean: 승합차(乘合車) (seunghapcha), 미니버스 (minibeoseu), 마이크로버스 (maikeurobeoseu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: mînîbus (ku) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latvian: mikroautobuss m, minibuss m Lithuanian: mikroautobusas m, mikrobusas m Macedonian: минибус m (minibus) Malay: bas mini Norman: minibeusse f Norwegian: Bokmål: minibuss m Nynorsk: minibuss m Persian: مینی‌بوس‎ (fa) (mini-bus) Polish: mikrobus (pl) m Portuguese: micro-ônibus m (Brazil) Romanian: microbuz (ro) n, maxi-taxi (ro) n Russian: микроавто́бус (ru) m (mikroavtóbus), микро́бус (ru) m (mikróbus), минибу́с (ru) m (minibús), маршру́тка (ru) f (maršrútka) (marshrutka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ми̏нибус m Roman: mȉnibus (sh) m Slovak: mikrobus m Slovene: minibus m Spanish: microbús (es) m, minibús m Turkish: minibüs (tr) Ukrainian: мікроавто́бус m (mikroavtóbus), мікро́бус m (mikróbus), мінібу́с m (minibús) Vietnamese: xe buýt mini

See also

• jitney
• minivan

Anagrams

• minisub

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Czech

Noun

minibus m

1. minibus

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Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English minibus. Equivalent to mini- +‎ bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.niˌbʏs/
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧bus

Noun

minibus m (plural minibussen, diminutive minibusje n)

1. minibus, minivan

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French

Etymology

mini- +‎ bus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni.bys/

Noun

minibus m (plural minibus)

1. minibus

Further reading

• “minibus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From English mini- +‎ bus.

Noun

minibus m (invariable)

1. minibus (small bus)