Phrase guide

bus stop

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was waiting at the bus stop with her.
  • 2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday Gotta get down to the bus stop Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The tableau used in short division, taught as if it were a bus stop with the digits treated as people queueing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: education

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3

noun

Meaning 3

"⟌": The two-lined right-angled symbol used to separate quotient, divisor and dividend in long division and short division

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A disco dance popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: preceded by "the"

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of bus stop chicane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

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noun

Meaning 6

a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stop

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stacion autobusi — a stop for public transport buses
  • Albanian: qëndrim autobusi — a stop for public transport buses
  • Albanian: vendqëndrim — a stop for public transport buses
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف لِلْحَافِلَات (mawqif li-l-ḥāfilāt) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف بَاص (mawqif bāṣ) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة بَاص (maḥaṭṭat bāṣ) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة حَافِلَات (maḥaṭṭat ḥāfilāt) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Armenian: ավտոբուսի կանգառ (avtobusi kangaṙ) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Armenian: կանգառ (kangaṙ) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Azerbaijani: dayanacaq — a stop for public transport buses
  • Azerbaijani: avtobus dayanacağı — a stop for public transport buses
  • Bashkir: туҡталыш (tuqtalış) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Bashkir: автобус туҡталышы (avtobus tuqtalışı) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Belarusian: прыпы́нак (prypýnak) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Belarusian: аўто́бусны прыпы́нак (awtóbusny prypýnak) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Bengali: বাসবিরতি (basbiroti) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Bengali: বাস স্টপ (baś sṭop) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Bulgarian: спи́рка (spírka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Bulgarian: автобу́сна спи́рка (avtobúsna spírka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Burmese: ကားမှတ်တိုင် (ka:hmattuing) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Catalan: parada d'autobús — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese Cantonese: 巴士站 — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese: 公車站 /公车站 (kong-chhia-chām) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽車站 /汽车站 (qìchēzhàn) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車站 /车站 (chēzhàn) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公共汽車站 /公共汽车站 (gōnggòngqìchēzhàn) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴士站 (bāshìzhàn) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公車站 /公车站 (gōngchēzhàn) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Wu Chinese: 公交站頭 /公交站头 — a stop for public transport buses
  • Czech: zastávka — a stop for public transport buses
  • Czech: autobusová zastávka — a stop for public transport buses
  • Danish: busstoppested — a stop for public transport buses
  • Danish: stoppested — a stop for public transport buses
  • Dutch: bushalte — a stop for public transport buses
  • Esperanto: bushaltejo — a stop for public transport buses
  • Estonian: bussipeatus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Estonian: peatus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Faroese: steðgipláss — a stop for public transport buses
  • Faroese: busssteðgipláss — a stop for public transport buses
  • Faroese: støðgingarpláss — a stop for public transport buses
  • Faroese: busssteðgistaður — a stop for public transport buses
  • Faroese: busssteðg — a stop for public transport buses
  • Finnish: bussipysäkki — a stop for public transport buses
  • Finnish: linja-autopysäkki — a stop for public transport buses
  • French: arrêt de bus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Georgian: ავტობუსის გაჩერება (avṭobusis gačereba) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Georgian: გაჩერება (gačereba) — a stop for public transport buses
  • German: Bushaltestelle — a stop for public transport buses
  • German: Haltestelle — a stop for public transport buses
  • Greek: στάση λεωφορείου (stási leoforeíou) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Greek: στάση (stási) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת אוֹטוֹבּוּס (takhanát ótobus) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲנָה (takhaná) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Hindi: बस स्टॉप (bas sṭŏp) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Hungarian: buszmegálló — a stop for public transport buses
  • Hungarian: autóbusz-megálló — a stop for public transport buses
  • Hungarian: autóbusz-megállóhely — a stop for public transport buses
  • Icelandic: stoppistöð — a stop for public transport buses
  • Icelandic: strætóstoppistöð — a stop for public transport buses
  • Indonesian: halte bus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Irish: stad bus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Italian: fermata d'autobus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Italian: fermata — a stop for public transport buses
  • Japanese: バス停 (basutei) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Japanese: 停留所 (teiryūjo) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Japanese: 停留場 (teiryūjō) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Kazakh: аялдама (aäldama) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Kazakh: автобус аялдамасы (avtobus aäldamasy) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Khmer: ជំហប់ (cumhup) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Korean: 정류장 (jeongnyujang) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Korean: 정류소 (jeongnyuso) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Korean: 버스 정류장 (beoseu jeongnyujang) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Kyrgyz: аялдама (ayaldama) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Kyrgyz: автобус аялдамасы (avtobus ayaldaması) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Lao: ບ່ອນຈອດລົດ (bǭn chǭt lot) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Lao: ບ່ອນຈອດລົດເມ (bǭn chǭt lot mē) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Latvian: autobusa pietura — a stop for public transport buses
  • Latvian: pietura — a stop for public transport buses
  • Lithuanian: autobusų stotelė — a stop for public transport buses
  • Lithuanian: stotelė — a stop for public transport buses
  • Macedonian: постојка (postojka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Macedonian: станица (stanica) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Macedonian: автобу́ска ста́ница (avtobúska stánica) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Macedonian: автобу́ска постојка (avtobúska postojka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Malay: perhentian bas — a stop for public transport buses
  • Maltese: waqfa — a stop for public transport buses
  • Māori: tūnga pahi — a stop for public transport buses
  • Mongolian: автобусны буудал (avtobusny buudal) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Mongolian: буудал (buudal) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Norman: arrêt d'beusse — a stop for public transport buses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bussholdeplass — a stop for public transport buses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: busstopp — a stop for public transport buses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: buss-stopp — a stop for public transport buses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: busstopp — a stop for public transport buses
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: buss-stopp — a stop for public transport buses
  • Pashto: د بس تمځای (də bas tamźāy) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Pashto: د بس اډه (də bas aḍá) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Iranian Persian: ایسْتْگاهِ اُتوبوس (istgâh-e otobus) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Polish: przystanek autobusowy — a stop for public transport buses
  • Portuguese: ponto de ônibus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Portuguese: parada de ônibus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Portuguese: paragem (de autocarro) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Punjabi: لاری اَڈَّہ (lārī aḍḍah) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Rapa Nui: kona tiaki ki te pere'oa — a stop for public transport buses
  • Romanian: stație de autobuz — a stop for public transport buses
  • Russian: остано́вка (ostanóvka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Russian: авто́бусная остано́вка (avtóbusnaja ostanóvka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Lule-Sami: bussaganudahka — a stop for public transport buses
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̏јалӣште — a stop for public transport buses
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̀ница — a stop for public transport buses
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȁjalīšte — a stop for public transport buses
  • Serbo-Croatian: stànica — a stop for public transport buses
  • Slovak: zastávka — a stop for public transport buses
  • Slovak: autobusová zastávka — a stop for public transport buses
  • Slovene: avtobusna postaja — a stop for public transport buses
  • Slovene: postaja — a stop for public transport buses
  • Upper Sorbian: busowe zastanišćo — a stop for public transport buses
  • Spanish: parada de autobús — a stop for public transport buses
  • Spanish: paradero — a stop for public transport buses
  • Spanish: apeadero — a stop for public transport buses
  • Swedish: busshållplats — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tagalog: hintuan ng bus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tagalog: himpilan ng bus — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tajik: истгоҳ (istgoh) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tajik: истгоҳи автобус (istgoh-i avtobus) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tamil: பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் (pēruntu niṟuttam) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tatar: тукталыш (tuqtalış) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tatar: автобус тукталышы (avtobus tuqtalışı) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Thai: ป้ายรถเมล์ (bpâai-rót-mee) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Tibetan: སྤྱི་འཁོར་སྒུག་ཁང་ (spyi 'khor sgug khang) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Turkish: durak — a stop for public transport buses
  • Turkish: otobüs durağı — a stop for public transport buses
  • Turkmen: duralga — a stop for public transport buses
  • Turkmen: awtobus duralgasy — a stop for public transport buses
  • Ukrainian: зупи́нка (zupýnka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Ukrainian: авто́бусна зупи́нка (avtóbusna zupýnka) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Urdu: بَس اِسْٹاپ (bas isṭāp) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Uyghur: بېكەت (bëket) — a stop for public transport buses
  • Uzbek: ostanovka — a stop for public transport buses
  • Uzbek: avtobus ostanovkasi — a stop for public transport buses
  • Uzbek: bekat — a stop for public transport buses
  • Vietnamese: trạm xe buýt — a stop for public transport buses
  • Welsh: safle bws — a stop for public transport buses
  • Welsh: safle — a stop for public transport buses
  • Yiddish: ויטאָבוס סטאַנציע (oytobus stantsye) — a stop for public transport buses