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

Receiver Jonnu Smith made the key play when he broke several tackles en route to a 33-yard gain to the one-yard line that set up the touchdown.

From Los Angeles Times

She had seen off both the world number one and two in Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek en route to the final, and piled the pressure on her opponent in the early stages against Zheng.

From BBC

The family of Hamish Grant, a firefighter killed when their appliance overturned en route to a farmhouse fire in Aberdeenshire in April 1965 and PC Edward Barnett, shot and killed in Glasgow in January 1970, are also among the recipients.

From BBC

En route to the national championship last season, Michigan led the nation in turnover margin at plus-19.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times