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en route

/ɒn ˈɹuːt/US/ɑn ˈɹut/

en route prepositional phrase: on the way.

Prepositional phrase

  1. On the way.
    • The shipment is en route to the buyer.
    • Nearly a century ago, my grandfather passed through Istanbul en route to Europe along with hordes of other White Russians fleeing the Russian civil war.2014 July 21, Ivan Watson, “Loud, anarchic, quirky: My love affair with Istanbul”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2026
  2. Along the way.
    • The army advanced, capturing several cities en route.

en route meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

en route in Hindi

on the way
रास्ते पर rāste par

en route in Tamil

இடை வழியில், செல் வழியில், செல்லிடை, போகிற வழியில், இடையில், போம் வழியில்

en route in Urdu

en route, set off
رواں ravā̃

en route in Malayalam

during the journey, on the way, in transit
വഴിമദ്ധ്യേ, അഭ്യദ്ധ്വം, ഇടയ്ക്ക്, മദ്ധ്യതഃ, വരുംവഴി, വഴിക്ക്
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en route in Kannada
ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಮಾರ್ಗಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ
en route in Arabic
فِي طَرِيق fī ṭarīq, فِي مَسِيرَة fī masīra
en route in Persian
در راه dar râh, تو راه tu râh
Sindhi
رستي ۾ اهي raste me ahe

Forms of en route

alternative formenroute
alternative formon route
alternative formen-route

Origin of en route

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

Words that rhyme with en route

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about en route

What does en route mean?
En route means on the way.
What is en route in Hindi?
En route in Hindi is रास्ते पर (rāste par). See En route meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is en route?
En route is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce en route?
En route is pronounced /ɒn ˈɹuːt/ (UK).

Words near en route in the dictionary

  1. en pointe
  2. en prise
  3. en quad
  4. en quads
  5. en rapport
  6. en route
  7. en rule
  8. en secondes noces
  9. En Sof
  10. en space
  11. en spaces

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: en route (page history and authors); en route (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); رواں (Urdu) (page history and authors); en route (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); en route (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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