Omnibus

Definition: Omnibus

Omnibus

Adjective

1. Providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law".

Noun

1. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work".

Date "omnibus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Omnibus \Om"ni*bus\, noun. [Latin expression, for all, dat. plural from omnis all. Compare to Bus.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
19th Century Satire	A test for Patience, still popular in England. From Grk. oneiros, dream, and baino, to go or move. A dream of motion. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you are being drawn through the streets in an omnibus, foretells misunderstandings with friends, and unwise promises will be made by you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Omnibus The French have a good slang term for these conveyances. They call an omnibus a "Four Banal" (parish oven). Of course, omnibus (for all) is the oblique case of omnes (all). Yet Howitt, in his Visits to Remarkable Places (1840), says "Cabs and cars and omnibi and stages" (p. 200). The plural of omnibus is "omnibuses." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	In glassmaking, a sheet-iron cover to protect, from drafts, the glassarticles in a leer. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Omnibus

Synonyms: omnibus(a) (adj), autobus (n), bus (n), charabanc (n), coach (n), double-decker (n), jitney (n), motorbus (n), motorcoach (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Bungler	Phrase: il n'a pas invente' la poudre; he will never set the Thames on fire; acierta errando; aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis.
Completeness	Phrase: falsus in uno falsus in omnibus; omnem movere lapidem; una scopa nuova spazza bene.
Discontent	Phrase: that won't do, that will never do, it will never do; curtae nescio quid semper abest rei; ne Jupiter Quidem omnibus placet; "poor in abundance, famished at a feast".
Falsehood	Phrase: blandae mendacia lingua; falsus in uno falsus in omnibus; "I give him joy that's awkward at a lie"; la mentira tiene las piernas cortas; "O what a goodly outside falsehood hath".
Journey	Vehicle; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter',trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters.
Multiformity	Adjective: polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex; heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform; manifold, many-sided; variegated, motley, mosaic; epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular; mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers; all manner of; of every description, of all sorts and kinds; et hoc genus omne; and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis.
Vehicle	Post chaise, diligence, stage; stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach; stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Omnibus

English words defined with "omnibus": Horse car ♦ Street car ♦ To ride to hounds. (references)

Specialty definitions using "omnibus": Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, ANGLICIZED WORDS ♦ D.O.M., Decoupling ♦ Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, Flex acreage, Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, Food Security Act of 1985, Food Stamp Act of 1964, Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Fund for Rural America ♦ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ♦ Market loss payments, Monkey Board ♦ Normal flex acreage, Nurse an Omnibus ♦ Optional flex acreage ♦ Physician Payment Review Commission ♦ Super 301 ♦ Wool and mohair commodity programs. (references)

Etymologies containing "omnibus": Minibus. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Omnibus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (omnibus), Czech (omnibus), Danish (omnibus), Dutch (omnibus), French (bus, local, omnibus), German (bus, coach, omnibus), Italian (omnibus), Latin (a, all, all men, all persons, all things, each, entity, every, every one, everything, for all, omnibus, the whole, the whole of, unit), Polish (omnibus), Serbo-Croatian (omnibus), Spanish (omnibus), Swedish (omnibus).

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Black Omnibus (1973)

Omnibus (1967)

L' Omnibus des toqués blancs et noirs (1901)

Omnibus (1997)

Opera Omnibus (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A First Rumpole Omnibus (reference) New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus (reference) The Golf Omnibus (reference) The Washington Post Sunday Crossword Omnibus (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Christus Omnibus (reference) Lastauto Und Omnibus (reference) Omnibus (reference) Omnibus Option A (reference) Public Opinion Polling & Market Research Omnibus Poll (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Omm: Omnium Omnibus (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Omnibus Haud Dormit; Stertitque Naso Vigilanti. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Une Pharmacie Omnibus. / Ch. Jacque. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	In 6 1/4 minutes after meeting the omnibus.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	An omnibus with two white horses passed at the end of the street
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Austria	On January 1, an omnibus bill on child custody went into effect that prohibits the sterilization of minors, particularly mentally handicapped girls below the age of 18. Those 18 and older only may be sterilized in life-threatening instances. (references)
Economic History	Ecuador	Legal changes to modernize the country's Labor Code were passed by Congress in 2000 as part of omnibus economic reform legislation. (references)
	Spain	The Spanish Parliament passed a Data Protection Omnibus Law in October 1992. Known as LORTAD, the law regulates all aspects of data protection against the misuse of personal data. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Omnibus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Omnibus" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90.91%	80	37,112
Noun (proper)	9.09%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	88	N/A

Expressions using "omnibus": aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis ♦ and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis ♦ falsus in uno falsus in omnibus ♦ omnibus account ♦ omnibus bar ♦ omnibus bill ♦ omnibus box ♦ omnibus channel ♦ omnibus configuration ♦ omnibus edition ♦ omnibus insurance ♦ omnibus review ♦ omnibus system ♦ omnibus telegraph system ♦ omnibus test ♦ omnibus train ♦ omnibus volume. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "omnibus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		bus (autobus, bus, motorbus). (various references)

Albanian		omnibus, që përfshin disa sende, autobus (autobus, bus, coach, motorbus). (various references)

Arabic		‏مشروع قانون يحتوي على عدة إجراءات, ‏سيارة عمومية كبيرة للإ نتاج, ‏الة متعددة الإستعمال, ‏إستعراض برامج الإسبوع والشهر, ‏باص سيارة عمومية. (various references)

Bulgarian		сборник (collectanea, corpus, receiver, repertory, sampler), всеобщ (general, overall, universal), всеобхватен (across the board, all-embracing, catholic, overall, well-rounded, wide), омнибус, общ (aggregate, blanket, broad, collective, common, communal, corporate, general, generic, global, impersonal, joint, overall, solid, total, wide), еднотомник, автобус (autobus, bus, motorbus). (various references)

Chinese		多项 (Polynomial). (various references)

Czech		omnibus, sebrané spisy (collected works), dostavník (coach, stagecoach, stage-coach), autobus (autobus, bus, motor bus). (various references)

Danish		bus (autobus, bus, motorbus). (various references)

Dutch		omnibus (omnibus volume), bus (autobus, bus, can, drum, hub, letterbox, mailbox, motorbus, nave, tin, tin can), autobus (autobus, bus, motorbus). (various references)

Esperanto		omnibuso, buso (bus), aŭtobuso (autobus, bus). (various references)

Farsi		توده مردم (Mass), عامه (Public), اتوبوس (Bus). (various references)

Finnish		bussi (bus, motorbus). (various references)

French		omnibus. (various references)

German		Omnibus (bus, coach). (various references)

Greek		γενικόσ (catholic, general, generic, universal), βοηθόσ σερβιτόρου, περιληπτικόσ (comprehensive, concise, succinct), λεωφορείο (bus, jitney, motorbus, stage). (various references)

Hebrew		אוטובוס (bus, coach, motor bus), כוללני (comprehensive, general, global, sweeping, universal), ספר לכל. (various references)

Hungarian		autóbusz (autobus, bus, coach, motorbus, motor-bus), gyűjteményes kötet (omnibus edition, omnibus volume). (various references)

Indonesian		bis penumpang. (various references)

Irish		bus (autobus, bus, of bus). (various references)

Italian		autobus (autobus, bus, coach, double decker, motorbus). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		オプション取引 (medical operation, obelisk, oblisque, Omaha, omega, omelette, omelette rice, omit, Omron Corporation, opaque, opcode, OPEC, opera, opera glasses, opera house, opera-comique, operand, operating, operating system, operating-system, operation, operation center, operation code, operational, operational amplifier, operations, operations research, operator, operetta, opossum, opportunism, opportunist, opposition party, optical, optical art, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimize, optimizer, option dealing, option trading, option transaction, optoelectronics, OR, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OS). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		オムニバス . (various references)

Manx		bus (bus), barroose (bus, char-a-banc). (various references)

Pig Latin		omnibusay.(various references)

Polish		omnibus. (various references)

Portuguese		ônibus (autobus, bus, coach, limited, motor bus). (various references)

Romanian		omnibuz (bus), culegere (collection, composition, corpus, gathering), autobuz (bus, motor bus, motorbus, two-decker), antologie (anthology, Garland, reader), antologic (anthological). (various references)

Russian		автобус (autobus, bus, coach, motor bus, motorbus). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		omnibus, koji obuhvata razne stvari, antologija (anthology). (various references)

Spanish		autobús (autobus, bus, motorbus). (various references)

Swedish		omnibus. (various references)

Thai		รถเมล์, หนังสือรวมเรื่อง. (various references)

Turkish		otobüs (autobus, bus, coach, motorbus), seçmeler (analects, anthology, potpourri, qualifying round, selection), geniş kapsamlı (across the board, all inclusive, blanket, comprehensive, far reaching, far-going, in depth, sweeping, universal), antoloji (anthology, Garland, reader), çok maddeli, çok amaçlı (all purpose, all-duty, multipurpose, universal). (various references)

Ukrainian		всеосяжний (all-embracing, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, encyclopaedic, encyclopaedical, encyclopedic, encyclopedical, omnidirectional, overall, spacious), омнібус (barge), загальнодоступний (exoteric, popular, public), автобус (autobus, bus, coach), просторий (acred, ample, broad, capacious, commodious, expansive, extensive, far flung, loose, rangy, space, spacious, wide), помічник офіціанта. (various references)

Vietnamese		nhiều mục đích nhiều nội dung (omnibuses), gồm nhiều vấn đề (omnibuses), gồm nhiều mục (omnibuses), bao trùm (blanket, omnibuses). (various references)

Welsh		bus (autobus, bus). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	omnibus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 21, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai esesqe misoumenoi upo pantwn dia to onoma mou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et eritis odio omnibus propter nomen meum
Old English	990	West Saxon	And ge beoð eallum on hatunga: for minum naman:
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And ye schulen be in haate to alle men for my name.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And hated shall ye be of all men for my names sake.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And ye will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 21, Verse 17
Cebuano	Ug kamo pagadumtan sa tanang tawo tungod sa akong ngalan,
Chinese	你們要為我的名、被眾人恨惡．
Croatian	"Svi æe vas zamrziti zbog imena mojega.
Danish	Og I skulle hades af alle for mit Navns Skyld.
Dutch	En gij zult van allen gehaat worden om Mijns Naams wil.
Finnish	ja te joudutte kaikkien vihattaviksi minun nimeni tähden.
French	Vous serez haïs de tous, à cause de mon nom.
German	Und ihr werdet gehaßt sein von jedermann um meines Namens willen.
Haitian Creole	Tout moun pral rayi nou poutèt mwen.
Hungarian	És gyûlöletesek lesztek mindenki elõtt az én nevemért.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kalian akan dibenci oleh semua orang karena kalian pengikut-Ku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka kamu akan dibenci oleh sekalian orang sebab nama-Ku.
Italian	sarete odiati da tutti per causa del mio nome.
Latvian	Un visi jûs ienîdîs mana vârda dçï;
Maori	Ka kino ano nga tangata katoa ki a koutou, he whakaaro ki toku ingoa.
Norwegian	og I skal hates av alle for mitt navns skyld.
Portuguese	e sereis odiados de todos por causa do meu nome.
Rumanian	Veyi fi urkyi de toyi din pricina Numelui Meu.
Russian	Й ВХДЕФЕ ОЕОБЧЙДЙНЩ ЧУЕНЙ ЪБ ЙНС нПЕ,
Shuar	Tura Winia ajasaru asakrumin Ashí aents nakitramprartatui.
Spanish	Seréis aborrecidos por todos a causa de mi nombre,
Swahili	Watu wote watawachukieni kwa sababu ya jina langu.
Swedish	Och I skolen bliva hatade av alla för mitt namns skull.
Uma	Nto'u toe mpai', hawe'ea tauna mpokahuku' -koi sabana petuku' -ni hi Aku'. Ntahawe' totu'a-ni, ompi' -ni, posantina-ni, pai' ema' -ni mpewai' -koi hi bali' -ni. Hantongo' -koi mpai' rapatehi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "omnibus": omnibuses, omnibusses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Omnibus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hominibus, monbusho, Monimbo, Montibus, Ohnemus, omibus, ominus, omninus, omnious, omnius, omnivus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "omnibus" (pronounced Ä"mnubus)
5	-n u b u s	cannabis.
4	-u b u s	harquebus, syllabus.
3	-b u s	airbus, bulbous, ibis, Jacobus, Nimbus, Phoebus, Rebus.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-m-n-o-s-u"
	-1 letter: nimbus.
	-2 letters: bison, bonus, bosun, minus, munis, muons, numbs, onium, umbos.
	-3 letters: bins, bios, bums, buns, ions, mibs, miso, mobs, mons, muni, muns, muon, nibs, nims, nobs, noms, nous, nubs, numb, obis, onus, snib, snob, snub, sumo, umbo.
	-4 letters: bin, bio, bis, bos, bum, bun, bus, ins, ion, ism, mib, mis, mob, mon, mos.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-m-n-o-s-u"
	+1 letter: bimanous, misbound, niobiums.
	+2 letters: misbutton, nobeliums, olibanums, omnibuses, submicron.
	+3 letters: albuminous, bituminous, botulinums, bourbonism, columbines, combusting, combustion, misbuttons, omnibusses, ovalbumins, subkingdom, submersion, submission, unbosoming.
	+4 letters: ambulations, bourbonisms, combustions, immunoblots, misbuttoned, misdoubting, subdominant, subkingdoms, sublimation, submersions, submissions, submunition, subsumption, tambourines, unambiguous, unambitious.
	+5 letters: adumbrations, connubialism, cumulonimbus, disemboguing, inconsumable, inconsumably, masturbation, misbuttoning, nimbostratus, noctambulist, nonambiguous, obscurantism, rambunctious, resubmission, somnambulism, somnambulist, subcommunity, subdominants, subeconomies, sublimations, submunitions, subnormality, subsumptions.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
omnibus	136	account omnibus	4
de mexico omnibus	53	clearing omnibus	4
consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act	33	1990 act budget omnibus reconciliation	4
omnibus budget reconciliation act	21	de omnibus terminal	4
omnibus survey	9	1968 act control crime omnibus safe street	4
1985 act budget consolidated omnibus reconciliation	9	eclectic omnibus	4
cubana la omnibus	9	act employee omnibus testing transportation	3
1993 act budget omnibus reconciliation	7	1968 act control crime omnibus	3
lyrics omnibus	6	omnibus schwarz	3
gebraucht omnibus	6	omnibus online survey	3
omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987	5	laut omnibus schwarz sprecher	3
omnibus press	5	1991 act employee omnibus testing transportation	3
bill omnibus	5	city line new omnibus york	3
act consolidated omnibus reconciliation	5	lautsprecher lyrics omnibus	3
act omnibus	5	1981 act budget omnibus reconciliation	3
consolidated omnibus	4	mexico omnibus	2
lautsprecher omnibus	4	1985 act consolidated omnibus reconciliation	2
de omnibus retiro terminal	4	celestial omnibus	2
hearing omnibus	4	laut omnibus sprecher	2
act omnibus reconciliation	4	aperta ilustre instituto omnibus semper veracruzano	2
		omnibus record	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Omnibus

Definition: Omnibus

Omnibus

Adjective

Noun

Specialty Definition: Omnibus

Specialty Definition: Omnibus

Synonyms: Omnibus

Synonyms within Context: Omnibus

Bungler

Completeness

Discontent

Falsehood

Journey

Multiformity

Vehicle

Crosswords: Omnibus

Modern Usage: Omnibus

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Omnibus

Books

Periodicals

Music

Image Slideshow: Omnibus

Illustrations:Omnibus

Photo Album: Omnibus

Digital Photo Gallery: Omnibus

Use in Literature: Omnibus

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Omnibus

Usage Frequency: Omnibus

Expressions: Omnibus

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Omnibus

Modern Translation: Omnibus

Afrikaans

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Arabic

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Esperanto

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Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Manx

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Ukrainian

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Ancestral Language Translations: Omnibus

Bible Trace: Omnibus

Matched Bible Translations: Omnibus

Derivations & Misspellings: Omnibus

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Omnibus"

Anagrams: Omnibus

Illustrations:
Omnibus