How do the British spell busses?

Usage notes

Buses (suffixing -es) is now the usual plural of bus in both British and American English.

Which is correct buses or busses?

The plural of the noun bus is buses. You might see the plural busses, but that form is so rare that it seems like an error to many people. You might also see the verbs bussed and bussing, both of which are rare and also come across as an error to many people. The plural of bus is buses.

What is a bus in British English?

bus in British English

(bʌs ) nounWord forms: plural buses or busses. a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers between stopping places along a regular route. More formal name: omnibus. Sometimes called: motorbus.

Why does bus not have two S's?

The confusion between buses and busses likely comes from situations where English words double their final consonant. English nouns don't do this. It happens most often for English verbs. Busses was once acceptable as a plural for bus, but it has since fallen out of use.

Is bussed correct?

verb (used without object), bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing. to travel on or by means of a bus: We bused to New York on a theater trip.

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Is bused a Scrabble word?

Yes, bused is a valid Scrabble word.

What is a plural form of box?

box. noun (3) plural box or boxes. Definition of box (Entry 5 of 6)

What is the plural of gas?

2 : to supply with gas Gas up the car. gas. noun. \ ˈgas \ plural gases also gasses.

Does buss mean kiss?

A buss is a kiss. Leaning down, he gave her a brotherly buss. If you buss someone, you kiss them. He bussed her on the cheek.

Do you bus tables or buss tables?

If you're “bussing tables,” it means that you're either waiting tables or clearing and setting tables at a restaurant. The term can also be inclusive of all front-of-house restaurant duties involving serving customers. Typically, the job would initially refer more to the cleaning and resetting of the table.

Why are buses called buses?

Bus is a clipped form of the Latin adjectival form omnibus ("for all"), the dative plural of omnis/omne ("all"). The theoretical full name is in French voiture omnibus ("vehicle for all").

How do you spell bussing or busing?

Bussing definition

The definition of bussing, commonly spelled as busing, is transporting a group of people in a communal vehicle. An example of bussing is when school children are loaded into a vehicle and taken on a school trip. Alternative spelling of busing. Present participle of bus.

What is the singular of buses?

Word forms: plural buses , 3rd person singular present tense busses , present participle bussing , past tense, past participle bussed language note: The plural form of the noun is buses. The third person singular of the verb is busses. American English uses the spellings buses, busing, bused for the verb.

What is a group of buses called?

The buses that are stuck together are called a bus bunch or banana bus; this may also involve more than two buses.

What language is buss?

bussed, buss·ing, buss·es. To kiss. n. A kiss. [Possibly blend of obsolete bass (akin to French baiser) and obsolete cuss (akin to Middle English kissen, to kiss; see kiss), or from Scottish Gaelic bus, lips, mouth; see puss².]

What does it mean when a boy busses?

2. transitive verb. If you buss someone, you kiss them. [US] He bussed her on the cheek.

Where does the term buss come from?

Etymology 1

Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”), or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word.

What is mango plural?

man·​go | \ ˈmaŋ-(ˌ)gō \ plural mangoes also mangos.

What is the plural of kiss?

² kiss /ˈkɪs/ noun. plural kisses.

What is the plural of Fox?

¹ fox /ˈfɑːks/ noun. plural foxes.

What is potato plural?

potato. noun. po·​ta·​to | \ pə-ˈtā-tō \ plural potatoes.

What is the plural of moose?

The only correct plural of moose is moose. Sometimes, people add an S to moose, but that is incorrect. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language.

Why is the plural of tomato tomatoes?

In general, nouns that end in -o form plurals by simply adding -s, such as volcanos, tacos, zoos. Potato and tomato belong to a set of nouns that end with the letter -o that form plurals by adding -es. Other plurals formed by adding -es to words ending with -o are echoes, torpedoes and vetoes.