en route

[ ahn root, en; French 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

Infants can also suffer from something called pulmonary hypertension — when blood isn’t getting through the arteries en route to the lungs to pick up oxygen.

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The firefighters were en route home from a shift fighting the Airport fire, a massive blaze that started in Trabuco Canyon and burned thousands of acres in Orange and Riverside.

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In September, the A’s played their final game in Oakland, en route to Sacramento next year and eventually Las Vegas.

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This travel umbrella, which comes in a matching case, is small enough to stow in the car en route to an Academy Awards party.

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Police were called to the intersection — a few blocks from Angel Stadium, in an area dotted with businesses and apartments — but while en route they received additional reports of injuries.

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