# omnibus

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒmnɪbəs/ · frequency rank #23,926

## Definitions
1. A bus (vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads).
2. An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
3. A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
4. A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
5. An assistant waiter.
6. an omnibus box

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.
Proto-Italic *opnis
Latin omnis
Latin omnibuslbor.
French omnibusbor.
English omnibus
Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`monibus`, `ominbus`, `ommnibus`, `omnbius`, `omnibbus`, `omnibsu`, `omnibuss`, `omniubs`, `omnnibus`, `onmibus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/omnibus