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Webster 1913 Edition

Minibus

Min′i-bus

,

Noun.

[L.

minor

less +

-bus

, as in

omnibus

.]

1.

A kind of light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons.

[archaic]

Definition 2024

minibus

minibus

See also: minibús and -minibus

English

Noun

minibus ‎(plural minibuses or minibusses)

A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
(South Africa) A sixteen seater vehicle used as a taxi. A kombi.
- 2006, "Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them." Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006 p.6

Translations

a small bus

Arabic: مِيكْرُوبَاص m ‎(mīkrūbāṣ), مِينِيبَاص m ‎(mīnībāṣ)
Armenian: միկրոավտոբուս ‎(mikroavtobus)
Azeri: mikroavtobus
Belarusian: мікрааўто́бус m ‎(mikraaŭtóbus)
Bulgarian: минибу́с m ‎(minibús)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麵包車 (zh), 面包车 (zh) ‎(miànbāochē), 小巴 ‎(xiǎobā)
Czech: minibus m
Danish: minibus c
Dutch: busje (nl) n
Estonian: väikebuss
French: minibus (fr) m
Georgian: მიკროავტობუსი ‎(miḳroavṭobusi)
German: Kleinbus (de) m, Minibus m
Hebrew: מִינִיבּוּס (he) ‎(mínibus)
Indonesian: bus mini
Japanese: マイクロバス ‎(maikurobasu)
Norman: minibeusse f
Korean: 승합차 ‎(seunghapcha), 미니버스 ‎(minibeoseu), 마이크로버스 ‎(maikeurobeoseu)

Lao:
Latvian: mikroautobuss m
Lithuanian: mikroautobusas m
Macedonian: минибус m ‎(minibus)
Malay: bas mini
Norwegian:

Bokmål: minibuss m

Nynorsk: minibuss m
Persian: مینی بوس (fa) ‎(mini-bus)
Polish: mikrobus (pl) m
Portuguese: micro-ônibus m, microônibus m
Romanian: microbuz (ro) n
Russian: микроавто́бус (ru) m ‎(mikroavtóbus), маршру́тка (ru) f ‎(maršrútka) (marshrutka)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: минибус m

Roman: minibus (sh) m
Slovak: mikrobus m
Slovene: minibus m
Spanish: microbús (es) m, minibús m
Turkish: minibüs (tr)
Ukrainian: мікроавто́бус m ‎(mikroavtóbus)
Vietnamese: xe buýt mini

See also

Czech

Noun

minibus m

minibus

French

Etymology

mini- +‎ bus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi.ni.bys/

Noun

minibus m ‎(plural minibus)

minibus

Italian

Etymology

English mini- +‎ bus

Noun

minibus m ‎(invariable)

minibus (small bus)