Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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bus

/bʌs/ noun, verb

Forms buses busses busing bussing bused bussed 'bus

  1. noun (automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads. “I'm on the bus.”
  2. noun (chiefly US, Canada) A coach, a bus used for long travels.
  3. noun (UK, dated) Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
  4. noun (electronics) An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
  5. noun Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
  6. noun (medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
  7. noun (military slang, 1910s–1940s) An aeroplane.
  8. noun (networking) A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
  9. verb (transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
  10. verb (transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
  11. verb (intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
  12. verb (transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from. “He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.”
  13. verb (intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy. “He’s been bussing for minimum wage.”

Synonyms

autobus coach loser cruiser motorbus motorcoach omnibus Shillibeer busbar digit trunk electrical bus charabanc double-decker jitney passenger vehicle bus topology jalopy heap

Etymology

Clipping of omnibus. Superseded earlier 'bus, where the apostrophe indicated a clipping. The shift in spelling likely reflects the fact that modern speakers no longer perceive this term as a clipping. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

Back-formation from busboy.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An omnibus. [Colloq.]

Etymology [Abbreviated from omnibus.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “bus”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “bus” (best matches first).