autobus
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autobus
- /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/ UK
- /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/ US
- [ˈɔɾə-] US
- /ˈɑtoʊˌbʌs/ cot caught merger
- [ˈɑɾə-] cot caught merger
Where it comes from
From auto- (prefix meaning ‘self’, in the sense of being self-propelled) + bus. Sense 2 (“large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton”) is borrowed from French autobus.
noun autobuses · autobusses
- A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
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A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.
Similar: groupetto, gruppetto, laughing group
Translations
Talk about this word "autobus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/autobus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. autobus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/autobus "autobus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/autobus.Cite this
@misc{autobus_2026,
title = {autobus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autobus},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
