airbus
/ˈɛə.bʌs//ˈeɹ.bʌs/
airbus noun: a subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.

Noun (1)
airbus (plural airbusses or airbuses)
- 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
Noun (2) capitalized: Airbus
Airbus (plural Airbuses or Airbusses or (humorous) Airbii)
- 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
| plural | airbusses |
|---|---|
| plural | airbuses |
| plural | Airbuses |
| plural | Airbusses |
| 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
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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