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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesen route
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ahn root
"Nous sommes en route pour Paris."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
During the course of a journey; on the way.
"We stopped for lunch en-route to Chicago."
- 1
Traveling or being on the way to a destination.
"The delivery is currently en-route and should arrive by noon."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed directly from French en route, meaning 'on the way'. Derived from Old French en ('in') and route ('road, way', from Latin rupta [via strata], literally 'broken path'). Adopted into English usage in the late 19th century to denote movement or being on a journey between two points.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "En-route" is said worldwide
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en route
Transliteration: ahn root
"Nous sommes en route pour Paris."
unterwegs
Transliteration: oon-ter-veeks
"Wir sind gerade unterwegs nach Berlin."
in viaggio
Transliteration: in vyad-jo
"Siamo in viaggio verso Roma."
en camino
Transliteration: en ka-me-no
"Estamos en camino a Madrid."
a caminho
Transliteration: a ka-mi-nyu
"Estamos a caminho de Lisboa."
रास्ते में
Transliteration: raste mein
"हम दिल्ली के रास्ते में हैं।"
在途中
Transliteration: zài túzhōng
"我们正在去北京的途中。"
도중에
Transliteration: do-jung-e
"우리는 서울로 가는 도중에 있다."
途中で
Transliteration: tochū de
"私たちは東京へ向かう途中で昼食をとった。"
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