en route

[ahn root, en, ahn root]

adverb

1. on the way.

   The plane crashed en route from Cairo to Athens.

en route

/ ɑ̃ rut, ɒn ˈruːt /

adverb

1. on or along the way; on the road

Word History and Origins

Origin of en route¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1770–80

Word History and Origins

Origin of en route¹

C18: from French

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

The figures can include people who died in the Channel while crossing, but also those who died at any point while en route to a crossing point.

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In a message on her official X account posted while she was en route to a gathering of world leaders in South Africa, she confessed to agonizing over her wardrobe.

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But Shaheen said she and Rounds spoke to the top US diplomat while he was en route to Geneva for the latest negotiations with Ukrainian officials.

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Asked about the prospect of heading there, he told reporters en route to the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, that no visit was confirmed yet.

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She had been dreaming that she was on a train, en route to her first job interview.

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