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masculine

/awtoˈβus/

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Translation

bus

Word origin

A blend of auto- (Greek autos, 'self') with the ending of omnibus, Latin for 'for all'. English 'bus' comes from the same omnibus.

Origin: Greek
Root: autos + omnibus
English cognates: bus, omnibus, automatic

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralautobuses

Examples

I take the bus to go to work.

The bus comes every ten minutes.

We missed the last bus last night.

The bus is full in the morning.

We are waiting for the bus on the street.

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This word is part of lesson 24.