autobus
French, noun/o.tɔ.bys/
autobus is spelled A-U-T-O-B-U-S (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autobus is a French masculine noun meaning “bus, coach (vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule de transports en commun, sur des lignes urbaines régulières, comptant des places pour voyager assis…”.
What does autobus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebus, coach (vehicle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule de transports en commun, sur des lignes urbaines régulières, comptant des places pour voyager assis et d’autres pour voyager debout.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of autobus
- autobi plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autobus?
- /o.tɔ.bys/
- \o.tɔ.bys\
- \o.to.bys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autobus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autobus in French?
autobus appears 9.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).