Meanings
nounbus stop (plural bus stops)
plural bus stops · alternative busstop
- A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.
He was waiting at the bus stop with her.
2 more examples
"The streets are packed now," said a man named Pinky, as we sat talking on a busstop bench.
1984 December 15, Scott Brookie, “Closing the Baths: Where Will It End?”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 32011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday Gotta get down to the bus stop Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends
- educationThe tableau used in short division, taught as if it were a bus stop with the digits treated as people queueing.
- informalmathematics"⟌": The two-lined right-angled symbol used to separate quotient, divisor and dividend in long division and short division
- abbreviationellipsishobbiesEllipsis of bus stop chicane.
Synonyms: ⟌, long division symbol, short division symbol, long division box, short division box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEllipsis of bus stop chicane.
Similar
⟌long division symbolshort division symbollong division boxshort division box
Translations
Arabic مَوْقِف لِلْحَافِلَات, مَوْقِف بَاص
- مَوْقِف لِلْحَافِلَات (mawqif li-l-ḥāfilāt)a stop for public transport buses
- مَوْقِف بَاص (mawqif bāṣ)a stop for public transport buses
- مَحَطَّة بَاص (maḥaṭṭat bāṣ)a stop for public transport buses
- مَحَطَّة حَافِلَات (maḥaṭṭat ḥāfilāt)a stop for public transport buses
Bengali বাসবিরতি, বাস স্টপ
- বাসবিরতি (basbiroti)a stop for public transport buses
- বাস স্টপ (baś sṭop)a stop for public transport buses
Bulgarian спи́рка, автобу́сна спи́рка
- спи́рка (spírka)a stop for public transport buses
- автобу́сна спи́рка (avtobúsna spírka)a stop for public transport buses
Catalan parada d'autobús
- parada d'autobúsa stop for public transport buses
Chinese Cantonese 巴士站
- 巴士站a stop for public transport buses
Chinese Mandarin 汽車站 /汽车站, 車站 /车站
- 汽車站 /汽车站 (qìchēzhàn)a stop for public transport buses
- 車站 /车站 (chēzhàn)a stop for public transport buses
- 公共汽車站 /公共汽车站 (gōnggòngqìchēzhàn)a stop for public transport buses
- 巴士站 (bāshìzhàn)a stop for public transport buses
- 公車站 /公车站 (gōngchēzhàn)a stop for public transport buses
Czech zastávka, autobusová zastávka
- zastávkaa stop for public transport buses
- autobusová zastávkaa stop for public transport buses
Danish busstoppested, stoppested
- busstoppesteda stop for public transport buses
- stoppesteda stop for public transport buses
Dutch bushalte
- bushaltea stop for public transport buses
Esperanto bushaltejo
- bushaltejoa stop for public transport buses
Estonian bussipeatus, peatus
- bussipeatusa stop for public transport buses
- peatusa stop for public transport buses
Finnish bussipysäkki, linja-autopysäkki
- bussipysäkkia stop for public transport buses
- linja-autopysäkkia stop for public transport buses
French arrêt de bus
- arrêt de busa stop for public transport buses
German Bushaltestelle, Haltestelle
- Bushaltestellea stop for public transport buses
- Haltestellea stop for public transport buses
Greek στάση λεωφορείου, στάση
- στάση λεωφορείου (stási leoforeíou)a stop for public transport buses
- στάση (stási)a stop for public transport buses
Hebrew תַּחֲנַת אוֹטוֹבּוּס, תַּחֲנָה
- תַּחֲנַת אוֹטוֹבּוּס (takhanát ótobus)a stop for public transport buses
- תַּחֲנָה (takhaná)a stop for public transport buses
Hindi बस स्टॉप
- बस स्टॉप (bas sṭŏp)a stop for public transport buses
Hungarian buszmegálló, autóbusz-megálló
- buszmegállóa stop for public transport buses
- autóbusz-megállóa stop for public transport buses
- autóbusz-megállóhelya stop for public transport buses
Icelandic stoppistöð, strætóstoppistöð
- stoppistöða stop for public transport buses
- strætóstoppistöða stop for public transport buses
Indonesian halte bus
- halte busa stop for public transport buses
Irish stad bus
- stad busa stop for public transport buses
Italian fermata d'autobus, fermata
- fermata d'autobusa stop for public transport buses
- fermataa stop for public transport buses
Japanese バス停, 停留所
- バス停 (basutei)a stop for public transport buses
- 停留所 (teiryūjo)a stop for public transport buses
- 停留場 (teiryūjō)a stop for public transport buses
Korean 정류장, 정류소
- 정류장 (jeongnyujang)a stop for public transport buses
- 정류소 (jeongnyuso)a stop for public transport buses
- 버스 정류장 (beoseu jeongnyujang)a stop for public transport buses
Latvian autobusa pietura, pietura
- autobusa pieturaa stop for public transport buses
- pieturaa stop for public transport buses
Lithuanian autobusų stotelė, stotelė
- autobusų stotelėa stop for public transport buses
- stotelėa stop for public transport buses
Malay perhentian bas
- perhentian basa stop for public transport buses
Māori tūnga pahi
- tūnga pahia stop for public transport buses
Norwegian Bokmål bussholdeplass, busstopp
- bussholdeplassa stop for public transport buses
- busstoppa stop for public transport buses
- buss-stoppa stop for public transport buses
Polish przystanek autobusowy
- przystanek autobusowya stop for public transport buses
Portuguese ponto de ônibus, parada de ônibus
- ponto de ônibusa stop for public transport buses
- parada de ônibusa stop for public transport buses
- paragem (de autocarro)a stop for public transport buses
Punjabi لاری اَڈَّہ
- لاری اَڈَّہ (lārī aḍḍah)a stop for public transport buses
Romanian stație de autobuz
- stație de autobuza stop for public transport buses
Russian остано́вка, авто́бусная остано́вка
- остано́вка (ostanóvka)a stop for public transport buses
- авто́бусная остано́вка (avtóbusnaja ostanóvka)a stop for public transport buses
Slovak zastávka, autobusová zastávka
- zastávkaa stop for public transport buses
- autobusová zastávkaa stop for public transport buses
Spanish parada de autobús, paradero
- parada de autobúsa stop for public transport buses
- paraderoa stop for public transport buses
- apeaderoa stop for public transport buses
Swedish busshållplats
- busshållplatsa stop for public transport buses
Tagalog hintuan ng bus, himpilan ng bus
- hintuan ng busa stop for public transport buses
- himpilan ng busa stop for public transport buses
Tamil பேருந்து நிறுத்தம்
- பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் (pēruntu niṟuttam)a stop for public transport buses
Thai ป้ายรถเมล์
- ป้ายรถเมล์ (bpâai-rót-mee)a stop for public transport buses
Turkish durak, otobüs durağı
- duraka stop for public transport buses
- otobüs durağıa stop for public transport buses
Ukrainian зупи́нка, авто́бусна зупи́нка
- зупи́нка (zupýnka)a stop for public transport buses
- авто́бусна зупи́нка (avtóbusna zupýnka)a stop for public transport buses
Urdu بَس اِسْٹاپ
- بَس اِسْٹاپ (bas isṭāp)a stop for public transport buses
Vietnamese trạm xe buýt
- trạm xe buýta stop for public transport buses
Welsh safle bws, safle
- safle bwsa stop for public transport buses
- saflea stop for public transport buses
Yiddish ויטאָבוס סטאַנציע
- ויטאָבוס סטאַנציע (oytobus stantsye)a stop for public transport buses
Cite this entry
APA
bus stop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20stop
MLA
“bus stop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20stop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bus stop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bus%20stop.
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