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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{prefix|mini|bus|lang=en}}
From {{prefix|en|mini|bus}}. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from {{l|en|omnibus}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|es|minibusses}}
{{en-noun|+|minibusses}}


# A small [[bus]], especially one used as transport for small groups.
# A small [[bus]], especially one used as transport for small groups.
# {{lb|en|South Africa}} A-sixteen seater vehicle used as a taxi. A [[kombi]].
# {{lb|en|South Africa}} A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi. <!--really always exactly 16 seats??-->
#: {{syn|en|kombi}}
#* '''2006''', ''Weekend Argus'', May 13/14, p.6
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=May 13 2006|journal=Weekend Argus|section=14, p.6
#*: Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the '''minibus''' carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.
|passage=Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the '''minibus''' carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} A small four-wheeled [[carriage]].
# {{lb|en|historical}} A small four-wheeled [[carriage]].
# {{lb|en|US politics}} A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an {{l|en|omnibus}} bill.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=July 25, 2020|journal=UPI|author=Danielle Haynes|title=House passes 4-bill spending package|titleurl=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/25/House-passes-4-bill-spending-package/2421595701098/|
passage=The '''minibus''' is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|a small bus}}
{{trans-top|a small bus}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِيكْرُوبَاص|m}}, {{t|ar|مِينِيبَاص|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِيكْرُوبَاص|m}}, {{t|ar|مِينِيبَاص|m}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|միկրոավտոբուս|sc=Armn}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|միկրոավտոբուս}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|mikroavtobus}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|mikroavtobus}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|мікрааўто́бус|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|мікрааўто́бус|m}}, {{t|be|мікро́бус|m}}, {{t|be|мінібу́с|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|минибу́с|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|минибу́с|m}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|小巴|tr=siu2 baa1}}
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|小巴|tr=siu2 baa1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|麵包車|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|面包车|tr=miànbāochē|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|小巴|tr=xiǎobā|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|麵包車|tr=miànbāochē}}, {{t|cmn|小巴|tr=xiǎobā}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|minibus|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|minibus|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|minibus|c}}
* Danish: {{t|da|minibus|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|busje|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|busje|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|väikebuss}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|buseto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|väikebuss}}, {{t+|et|kutsikas}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|minibussi}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|minibussi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|minibus|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|minibus|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მიკროავტობუსი|sc=Geor}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მიკროავტობუსი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kleinbus|m}}, {{t+|de|Minibus|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kleinbus|m}}, {{t+|de|Minibus|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מִינִיבּוּס|tr=mínibus}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מִינִיבּוּס|tr=mínibus}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|bus mini}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|bus mini}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|マイクロバス|tr=maikurobasu|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|マイクロバス|tr=maikurobasu}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|승합차|sc=Kore}}, {{t|ko|미니버스|sc=Kore}}, {{t|ko|마이크로버스|sc=Kore}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|승합차(乘合車)}}, {{t|ko|미니버스}}, {{t|ko|마이크로버스}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|mînîbus}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|mikroautobuss|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|mikroautobuss|m}}, {{t|lv|minibuss|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|mikroautobusas|m}}, {{t|lt|mikrobusas|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|mikroautobusas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|минибус|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|минибус|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|bas mini}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|bas mini}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|minibeusse|f}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|minibeusse|f}}
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*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|minibuss|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|minibuss|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|minibuss|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|minibuss|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مینی بوس|tr=mini-bus|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مینی‌بوس|tr=mini-bus}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mikrobus|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mikrobus|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|micro-ônibus|m}}, {{t|pt|microônibus|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|micro-ônibus|m}} {{q|Brazil}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|microbuz|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|microbuz|n}}, {{t+|ro|maxi-taxi|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|микроавто́бус|m}}, {{t+|ru|маршру́тка|f}} {{qualifier|marshrutka}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|микроавто́бус|m}}, {{t+|ru|микро́бус|m}}, {{t+|ru|минибу́с|m}}, {{t+|ru|маршру́тка|f}} {{qualifier|marshrutka}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|минибус|m}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ми̏нибус|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|minibus|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mȉnibus|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|mikrobus|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|mikrobus|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|minibus|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|minibus|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|microbús|m}}, {{t|es|minibús|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|microbús|m}}, {{t+|es|minibús|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|minibüs}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|minibüs}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|мікроавто́бус|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|мікроавто́бус|m}}, {{t|uk|мікро́бус|m}}, {{t|uk|мінібу́с|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|xe buýt mini}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|xe buýt mini}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|מיניבוס}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|minisub}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=biimnsu|minisub}}


[[Category:en:Automobiles]]
[[Category:en:Automobiles]]

----


==Czech==
==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA|[ny]}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{cs-noun|g=m}}
{{cs-noun|m-in}}


# [[#English|minibus]]
# {{l|en|minibus}}


====Declension====
⚫
[[Category:cs:Vehicles]]
{{cs-ndecl|m.loce:u}}


⚫
{{C|cs|Vehicles}}
----

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Probably borrowed from {{bor|nl|en|minibus}}. Equivalent to {{pre|nl|mini|bus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈmi.niˌbʏs/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-minibus.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|mi|ni|bus}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-en|minibusje}}

# {{l|en|minibus}}, [[minivan]]


==French==
==French==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{prefix|mini|bus|lang=fr}}
From {{af|fr|mini-|bus}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|minibuss}}
* {{fr-IPA|minibuss}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-minibus.wav}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|minibus}}
{{fr-noun|m}}


# [[#English|minibus]]
# {{l|en|minibus}}


===Further reading===
===Further reading===
* {{R:TLFi}}
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}


[[Category:fr:Automobiles]]
{{C|fr|Automobiles}}

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==Italian==
==Italian==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{etyl|en|it}} {{prefix|mini|bus|lang=it}}
From {{uder|it|en|-}} {{prefix|it|mini|bus}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{head|it|noun|g=m|invariable}}
{{it-noun|m|#}}


# [[#English|minibus]] (small bus)
# {{l|en|minibus}} (small bus)

⚫
{{C|it|Automobiles}}

==Polish==
[[File:WP9187 New Territories 806A 03-03-2020.jpg|thumb|minibus]]

===Etymology===
From {{af|pl|mini-|bus}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-p}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-anml,m-in}}

# {{l|en|minibus}} {{gl|small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-anml|gens=minibusa/minibusu|accs=minibusa/minibus}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}


{{C|pl|Vehicles}}
⚫
[[Category:it:Automobiles]]

Revision as of 01:08, 19 August 2024

See also: minibús and -minibus

Englisch

A school minibus
A minibus taxi in South Africa

Etymology

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

Nomen

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 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.
  3. (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
  4. (US politics) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Nomen

minibus m inan

  1. minibus

Declension

Declension of minibus (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative minibus minibusy
genitive minibusu minibusů
dative minibusu minibusům
accusative minibus minibusy
vocative minibuse minibusy
locative minibuse, minibusu minibusech
instrumental minibusem minibusy

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Nomen

minibus m (plural minibussen, diminutive minibusje n)

  1. minibus, minivan

French

Etymology

From mini- +‎ bus.

Pronunciation

Nomen

minibus m (plural minibus)

  1. minibus

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From English mini- +‎ bus.

Nomen

minibus m (invariable)

  1. minibus (small bus)

Polish

minibus

Etymology

From mini- +‎ bus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɲi.bus/
  • Rhymes: -ibus
  • Syllabification: mi‧ni‧bus

Nomen

minibus m animal or m inan

  1. minibus (small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups)

Declension

Declension of minibus
singular plural
nominative minibus minibusy
genitive minibusa/minibusu minibusów
dative minibusowi minibusom
accusative minibusa/minibus minibusy
instrumental minibusem minibusami
locative minibusie minibusach
vocative minibusie minibusy

Further reading

  • minibus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • minibus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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