en route

American  

[ahn root, en, ahn root] / ɑn ˈrut, ɛn, ɑ̃ ˈrut /

adverb

1. on the way.

   The plane crashed en route from Cairo to Athens.

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en route British  

/ ɑ̃ rut, ɒn ˈruːt /

adverb

1. on or along the way; on the road

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en route Idioms  

1. On or along the way, as in We'll pick up Dan en route to the restaurant, or We can finish our discussion en route. This French term was adopted into English in the late 1700s.

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Etymology

Origin of en route

Borrowed into English from French around 1770–80

Example Sentences

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en route

The Buckeyes held Manning scoreless for three full quarters en route to a 14-7 victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

However, she has found her form again, dropping just one set en route to the final.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Coen then led his team to nine victories in their last 10 games en route to the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Truck driver Newar, 35, was in Nepal's border town of Timure en route to China when the disaster struck.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The other Internet correspondent on Fischer’s expedition, however, was a client who intended to go all the way to the summit and file daily dispatches for NBC Interactive Media en route.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer