airbus

/ˈeɹ.bʌs/

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Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

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"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."
"The new plane was the first Airbus in the airline's fleet."

From air + bus.

airbusses (plural) airbuses (plural) Airbii (humorous, plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce airbus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɹ.bʌs/.

What does airbus mean?

A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.

Where does airbus come from?

From air + bus.

How to pronounce airbus

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