minibus

mini- +‎ bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.

minibus (plural minibuses or minibusses)

1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
2. (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.

   Synonym: kombi

   • 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, 14, p.6:

     Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.

3. (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.
4. (US politics) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.
   • 2020 July 25, Danielle Haynes, “House passes 4-bill spending package”, in UPI:

     The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.

• jitney
• minivan

• minisub

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɪbus]

minibus m inan

1. minibus

Probably borrowed from English minibus. Equivalent to mini- +‎ bus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.niˌbʏs/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧bus

minibus m (plural minibussen, diminutive minibusje n)

1. minibus, minivan

From mini- +‎ bus.

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni.bys/

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minibus m (plural minibus)

1. minibus

• “minibus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From English mini- +‎ bus.

minibus m (invariable)

1. minibus (small bus)