Meanings
nounschool bus (plural school buses or school busses)
plural school buses · plural school busses · alternative schoolbus · alternative school-bus
- informalmetrologyAn informal approximate unit of measure, from the length of a typical public school bus, approximately 30 feet or 9 metres.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bus which carries children to or from school.
Similar
yellow bus
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans skoolbus
- skoolbustransport for schoolchildren
Catalan autobús escolar
- autobús escolartransport for schoolchildren
Chinese Cantonese 校車 /校车, 校巴
- 校車 /校车 (haau⁶ ce¹)transport for schoolchildren
- 校巴 (haau⁶ baa¹)transport for schoolchildren
Chinese Mandarin 校車 /校车
- 校車 /校车 (xiàochē)transport for schoolchildren
Czech školní autobus
- školní autobustransport for schoolchildren
Danish skolebus
- skolebustransport for schoolchildren
Dutch schoolbus
- schoolbustransport for schoolchildren
Estonian koolibuss
- koolibusstransport for schoolchildren
Finnish koulubussi
- koulubussitransport for schoolchildren
French autobus scolaire, bus scolaire
- autobus scolairetransport for schoolchildren
- bus scolairetransport for schoolchildren
German Schulbus
- Schulbustransport for schoolchildren
Hindi स्कूल बस, विद्यालय बस
- स्कूल बस (skūl bas)transport for schoolchildren
- विद्यालय बस (vidyalay bas)transport for schoolchildren
Hungarian iskolabusz
- iskolabusztransport for schoolchildren
Icelandic skólabíll, skólavagn
- skólabílltransport for schoolchildren
- skólavagntransport for schoolchildren
Indonesian bus sekolah
- bus sekolahtransport for schoolchildren
Italian scuolabus, pulmino
- scuolabustransport for schoolchildren
- pulminotransport for schoolchildren
Japanese スクールバス
- スクールバス (sukūru basu)transport for schoolchildren
Korean 통학 버스, 학교 버스
- 통학 버스 (tonghak beoseu)transport for schoolchildren
- 학교 버스 (hakgyo beoseu)transport for schoolchildren
- 스쿨버스 (seukulbeoseu)transport for schoolchildren
Lithuanian mokyklinis autobusas
- mokyklinis autobusastransport for schoolchildren
Malay bas sekolah
- bas sekolahtransport for schoolchildren
Norwegian Bokmål skolebuss
- skolebusstransport for schoolchildren
Persian اتوبوس مدرسه
- اتوبوس مدرسهtransport for schoolchildren
Polish autobus szkolny
- autobus szkolnytransport for schoolchildren
Portuguese ônibus escolar, autocarro escolar
- ônibus escolartransport for schoolchildren
- autocarro escolartransport for schoolchildren
Russian шко́льный авто́бус
- шко́льный авто́бус (škólʹnyj avtóbus)transport for schoolchildren
Spanish autobús escolar
- autobús escolartransport for schoolchildren
Swedish skolbuss
- skolbusstransport for schoolchildren
Turkish okul servisi, servis
- okul servisitransport for schoolchildren
- servistransport for schoolchildren
- okul otobüsütransport for schoolchildren
Ukrainian шкільний автобус
- шкільний автобус (škilʹnyj avtobus)transport for schoolchildren
Welsh bws ysgol
- bws ysgoltransport for schoolchildren
Yiddish שולבוס
- שולבוס (shulbus)transport for schoolchildren
Cite this entry
APA
school bus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20bus
MLA
“school bus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20bus. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “school bus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20bus.
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