bus
French, noun/bys/
bus is spelled B-U-S (3 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written French, the 1,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bus is a French feminine noun meaning “bus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/second-person singular past historic of boire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Véhicule de transport en commun routier pouvant transporter plusieurs dizaines de passagers”.
What does bus mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebus
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular past historic of boire
verb
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of bu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Véhicule de transport en commun routier pouvant transporter plusieurs dizaines de passagers. 2. Ensemble de lignes de transmission sur lesquelles plus de deux équipements sont reliés en parallèle. Par extension on parle aussi de bus pour certaines liaisons se comportant comme tel (exemple liaison USB) 3. Dispositif non bouclé reliant plusieurs composants, sous-ensembles ou matériels pour permettre entre eux l’apport d’énergie et la circulation d’informations.
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.
How do you pronounce bus?
- /bys/
- /bʌs/
- /by/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bus in French?
bus appears 55 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).