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airbus

/ˈɛə.bʌs//ˈeɹ.bʌs/

airbus noun: a subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.

airbus: a subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one
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Noun (1)

airbus (plural airbusses or airbuses)

  1. A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.
    • Before he and my mother were killed together in a holiday air-bus crash five years later, they had seen the new companies drive all competing oils off the market and those of us who had been in at the beginning apparently well set for life.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954

Proper noun capitalized: Airbus

Airbus

  1. A European multinational commercial aircraft manufacturer.

Noun (2) capitalized: Airbus

Airbus (plural Airbuses or Airbusses or (humorous) Airbii)

  1. An aircraft produced by the Airbus consortium.
    • The new plane was the first Airbus in the airline's fleet.

airbus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

airbus in Hindi

एयरबस, एयरबस्स, एअरबस

airbus in Tamil

வான்வழிப் பேருந்து, பெரும் வானூர்தி

airbus in Marathi

एअरबस

airbus in Urdu

ایئربس
More languagesFewer languages
airbus in Bengali
এয়ারবাস
airbus in Telugu
ఎయిర్బస్
airbus in Malayalam
എയർബസ്
airbus in Kannada
ಏರ್‌ಬಸ್
airbus in Punjabi
ਏਅਰਬੱਸ
airbus in Gujarati
એરબસ, એરબઝ, એરબસે
airbus in Odia
ଏଯ଼ାରବସ୍
airbus in Nepali
एयरबस, एयरबसले

Forms of airbus

pluralairbusses
pluralairbuses
pluralAirbuses
pluralAirbusses
plural (humorous)Airbii

Origin of airbus

From air + bus.

Trade name, from air + bus.

Questions about airbus

What does airbus mean?
Airbus means a subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.
What is airbus in Hindi?
Airbus in Hindi is एयरबस, एयरबस्स, एअरबस. See Airbus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is airbus?
Airbus can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce airbus?
Airbus is pronounced /ˈeɹ.bʌs/ (US).
What is the plural of airbus?
The plural of airbus is airbusses.

Words near airbus in the dictionary

  1. airbrushings
  2. airburst
  3. airbursted
  4. airbursting
  5. airbursts
  6. airbus
  7. airbuses
  8. airbusses
  9. aircab
  10. aircabs
  11. aircar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: airbus (page history and authors); Airbus (page history and authors); airbus (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airbus (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airbus (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airbus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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