en route

See also: enroute, and en-route

English

Alternative forms

• enroute (misspellings), on route
• en-route

Etymology

From French en route, from en (“in”) + route (“route”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒn ˈɹuːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑn ˈɹut/
• IPA^(key): /ɛn ˈɹu(ː)t/, /ɑ̃ ˈɹu(ː)t/ (unadapted French pronunciation)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːt

Prepositional phrase

en route

1. On the way.

   The shipment is en route to the buyer.

   • 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.

2. Along the way.

   The army advanced, capturing several cities en route.

Translations

on the way

• Afrikaans: op pad
• Arabic: فِي طَرِيق (fī ṭarīq), فِي مَسِيرَة (fī masīra)
• Catalan: en ruta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在路上 (zh) (zài lùshàng), 在途中

• Danish: på vej
• Dutch: onderweg (nl)
• Esperanto: survoje
• Faroese: á veg
• Finnish: matkalla (fi)
• French: en route (fr)
• German: unterwegs (de), en Route
• Greek: καθ' οδόν (kath' odón)
• Hebrew: בדרך (badèrekh)
• Hindi: रास्ते पर (rāste par)
• Hungarian: úton (hu), útban
• Icelandic: á leiðinni, á flugleið (en-route flying), á veg, á leið
• Italian: in arrivo
• Japanese: 途中で (ja) (とちゅうで, tochū de)
• Korean: 도중에 (ko) (dojung'e)
• Latin: in itinere
• Macedonian: по пат (po pat)
• Persian: در راه (dar râh) (formal), تو راه (tu râh) (informal)
• Polish: w drodze
• Portuguese: a caminho
• Russian: в пути́ (v putí), на пути́ (na putí), в доро́ге (v doróge)
• Sindhi: رستي ۾ اهي (raste me ahe)
• Slovene: na poti
• Spanish: en ruta, en camino, en rumbo
• Swedish: på väg (sv)

along the way

• Afrikaans: op pad
• Catalan: de camí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在途中 (zài túzhōng)

• Esperanto: survoje
• Finnish: matkan varrella
• French: sur la route, sur le chemin
• German: unterwegs (de)
• Greek: στην πορεία (stin poreía)
• Hungarian: útközben (hu), menet közben
• Japanese: 途中で (ja) (とちゅうで, tochū de)
• Korean: 도중에 (ko) (dojung'e)
• Macedonian: на пат (na pat)
• Polish: po drodze (pl)
• Portuguese: no caminho
• Russian: по пути́ (po putí), по доро́ге (po doróge)
• Slovene: spotoma
• Spanish: en la ruta, en el camino, en el rumbo
• Swedish: på vägen

Anagrams

• outener

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ ʁut/

• Audio:

  (file)

Prepositional phrase

en route

1. on one's way, on the way [with pour ‘to somewhere’]

   être en route pour l’Espagne ― to be on the way to Spain, to be off to Spain

   se mettre en route ― to set off, to set oneself on the way

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with en cours de route or en chemin.

Interjection

en route !

1. let's go

   en route mauvaise troupe ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from French en route.

Phrase

en route

1. en route

Further reading

• “en route” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.