omnibus
French, noun/ɔm.ni.bys/
omnibus is spelled O-M-N-I-B-U-S (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Omnibus is a French masculine noun meaning “omnibus, bus (especially, a 19th-century horse-drawn omnibus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voiture hippomobile de transport public dans une ville ou à partir d’une gare de chemin de fer”.
What does omnibus mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineomnibus, bus (especially, a 19th-century horse-drawn omnibus)
adjective
- 1
local (of a train; making stops at all stations)
un train omnibus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se disait de tout moyen de transport public de voyageurs. 2. Qualifie un train qui dessert toutes les stations. 3. Projet de loi portant sur plusieurs sujets non reliés. 4. Projet de loi, de directive ou de mesure portant sur plusieurs sujets non reliés.
noun: 1. Voiture hippomobile de transport public dans une ville ou à partir d’une gare de chemin de fer. 2. Bus, autobus. 3. Enquête qui regroupe les questions de plusieurs clients ; sondage multi-clients.
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 omnibus?
- /ɔm.ni.bys/
- \ɔm.ni.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 omnibus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is omnibus in French?
omnibus appears 1.8 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).