Omnibus — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɑːmnɪbəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɒmnɪbəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɒmnɪbəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈɑːmnɪbəs/.

Examples

he always rode the bus to work
an omnibus law

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

jitney autobus motorcoach passenger vehicle double-decker motorbus charabanc coach bus

Parts of Speech

noun	an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
noun	a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport “he always rode the bus to work”
adjective	providing for many things at once “an omnibus law”

Word Forms

bus	verb	send or move around by bus
omnibus	adjective	providing for many things at once
omnibus	noun	a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

general

una antología de artículos sobre un tema relacionado o una antología de las obras de un solo autor

🇵🇹Portuguese

ônibus

uma antologia de artigos sobre um assunto relacionado ou uma antologia de obras de um único autor

🇷🇺Russian

омнибус

антология статей по смежной теме или антология произведений одного автора

India

🇧🇩Bengali

সর্বজনীন

একটি সম্পর্কিত বিষয়ের নিবন্ধগুলির একটি সংকলন বা একক লেখকের রচনাগুলির একটি সংকলন৷

🇮🇳Tamil

சர்வ பேருந்து

தொடர்புடைய பொருள் குறித்த கட்டுரைகளின் தொகுப்பு அல்லது ஒரு ஆசிரியரின் படைப்புகளின் தொகுப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

ఓమ్నిబస్సు

సంబంధిత విషయంపై వ్యాసాల సంకలనం లేదా ఒకే రచయిత రచనల సంకలనం

🇮🇳Marathi

सर्वज्ञ

संबंधित विषयावरील लेखांचे संकलन किंवा एकाच लेखकाच्या कार्यांचे संकलन

🇮🇳Gujarati

સર્વગ્રાહી

સંબંધિત વિષય પરના લેખોનો કાવ્યસંગ્રહ અથવા એક જ લેખકની કૃતિઓનો કાવ્યસંગ્રહ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಓಮ್ನಿಬಸ್

ಸಂಬಂಧಿತ ವಿಷಯದ ಕುರಿತು ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸಂಕಲನ ಅಥವಾ ಒಬ್ಬ ಲೇಖಕರ ಕೃತಿಗಳ ಸಂಕಲನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒമ്നിബസ്

ഒരു അനുബന്ധ വിഷയത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ലേഖനങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു സമാഹാരം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു എഴുത്തുകാരൻ്റെ കൃതികളുടെ സമാഹാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਰਵਜਨਕ

ਕਿਸੇ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ 'ਤੇ ਲੇਖਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਇੱਕ ਲੇਖਕ ਦੀਆਂ ਰਚਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ

🇵🇰Urdu

اومنیبس

کسی متعلقہ موضوع پر مضامین کا انتھالوجی یا کسی ایک مصنف کے کاموں کا انتھالوجی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

综合车

相关主题的文章选集或单个作者的作品选集

🇯🇵Japanese

オムニバス

関連する主題に関する記事のアンソロジー、または単一の著者の作品のアンソロジー

🇰🇷Korean

염가 보급판 작품집

관련 주제에 관한 기사 모음 또는 단일 저자의 작품 모음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xe buýt nhiều tầng

tuyển tập các bài viết về một chủ đề liên quan hoặc tuyển tập các tác phẩm của một tác giả

🇹🇭Thai

รถโดยสาร

กวีนิพนธ์ของบทความในหัวข้อที่เกี่ยวข้องหรือกวีนิพนธ์ของผลงานของผู้แต่งคนเดียว

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجامع

مختارات من المقالات حول موضوع ذي صلة أو مختارات من أعمال مؤلف واحد

🇮🇱Hebrew

אוֹטוֹבּוּס

אנתולוגיה של מאמרים בנושא קשור או אנתולוגיה של יצירות של מחבר יחיד

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