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Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word omnibus, which can be a noun meaning a public vehicle or a book of reprints, or an adjective meaning comprehensive or inclusive. See examples of omnibus in sentences and related phrases.
pertaining to, including, or dealing with numerous objects or items at once: an omnibus bill submitted to a legislature. omnibus. / -bəs; ˈɒmnɪˌbʌs / noun. a less common word for bus. Also calledomnibus volume a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume.
Omnibus can mean a book, a program or a bus. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see its synonyms and related words. Find out how to say omnibus in other languages.
An omnibus is another word for a bus, as in a large vehicle carrying lots of passengers. Other names are autobus and coach. This word has bus in it, and that's the main meaning of omnibus. As a book, an omnibus is collection of articles either all on the same subject or written by a single author.
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Etymology
From French omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“to/for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-ni- (“working”), from *h₃ep- (“to work; to possess”) or *h₁op- (“to work; to take”).
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɒmnɪbəs/ 2. (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑmnɪbəs/ 3. Hyphenation: om‧ni‧bus 4. Rhymes: -ɪbəs
Noun
omnibus (plural omnibuses or omnibusses or (nonstandard) omnibi) 1. (dated) A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads). 1.1. 1830, James Scott Walker, “The Small Tunnel”, in An Accurate Description of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail-way, the Tunnel, the Bridges, and Other Works throughout the Line; an Account of the Opening of the Rail-way, and the Melancholy Incident which Occurred; a Short Memoir of the Late Right Hon. W[illia]m Huskisson, and Particulars of the...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ɔm.ni.bys/
Adjective
omnibus (invariable) 1. (rail transport) local (of a train; making stops at all stations) 1.1. un train omnibus ― a local train
Noun
omnibus m (plural omnibus) 1. (dated) omnibus, bus(especially, a 19th-century horse-drawn omnibus)
Pronunciation
1. (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈom.ni.bus/, [ˈɔmnɪbʊs̠] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈom.ni.bus/, [ˈɔmnibus]
Adjective
omnibus 1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of omnis 1.1. 29 bc. Vergil. Georgics, III 1.1.1. amor omnibvs idem 1.1.1.1. Sex is the same for allof them [viz., every form of man, beast, aquatic or winged life, and livestock]
Noun
omnibus n pl 1. dative/ablative of omnia
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin omnibus.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ɔmˈɲi.bus/ 2. Rhymes: -ibus 3. Syllabification: om‧ni‧bus
Noun
omnibus m inan 1. (dated) omnibus
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Omnibus has 12 meanings in English, mostly related to theatre, film, and broadcasting. It comes from French and was first used in the 1820s.
Learn the meaning of omnibus as a noun in English, with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes. Find out how to use omnibus to refer to a TV or radio programme, a book or a bus.
