minibus
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minibus
- /ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/ US
Where it comes from
From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.
noun minibuses · minibusses
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A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.
Similar: jitney
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A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.
Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.
Similar: kombi
- A small four-wheeled carriage.
- A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill. The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.
Translations
Every language
noun a small bus — see also marshrutka
| Español | microbús, minibús |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 승합차 seunghapcha, 미니버스 minibeoseu, 마이크로버스 maikeurobeoseu |
| 日本語 | マイクロバス maikurobasu |
| 中文 | 麵包車 /面包车 miànbāochē, 小巴 xiǎobā |
| हिन्दी | मिनीबस minības, छोटी बस choṭī bas |
| Kiswahili | minibasi |
| Português | micro-ônibus |
| Français | minibus |
| Deutsch | Kleinbus, Minibus |
| Italiano | minibus |
| Română | microbuz, maxi-taxi |
| Русский | микроавто́бус mikroavtóbus, микро́бус mikróbus, минибу́с minibús, маршру́тка maršrútka |
| Tiếng Việt | xe buýt mini |
| العربية | مِيكْرُوبَاص mīkrūbāṣ, مِينِيبَاص mīnībāṣ |
| עברית | מִינִיבּוּס mínibus |
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