omnibus
/ˈɒmnəbəs/AHM-nuh-buhs
/ˈɑmnəbəs/AHM-nuh-buhs
Meaningfor all
Common meaning: a bus
Other meanings: a book collecting many works
- omniall, everyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1264 · scan
- busfor (plural)
Journey through time
- Latinomnibus‘for all’source
- Englishomnibus‘a bus’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin omnis ‘all, every’.
Roots
- omnis, -e Latin “all, every”
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