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French frequency list

No. 688 in French

bus

A large road vehicle used for transporting passengers.

In a sentence

  • J'attends le bus à l'arrêt de bus tous les matins.

    I wait for the bus at the bus stop every morning.

    'Bus' is used as a noun to refer to the vehicle used for public transportation.

  • Le bus pour Paris partira dans cinq minutes.

    The bus to Paris will leave in five minutes.

    'Bus' is again used as a noun, this time emphasizing its function as a mean to travel to a specific destination.

  • Nous avons vu un vieux bus sur la photo de l'école.

    We saw an old bus in the school photo.

    'Bus' is utilized as a noun, describing an object observable in a photograph.

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