Meanings
interjection
- Used to wish someone a good journey.
Bon voyage, Charles Muntz, and good luck capturing the monster of Paradise Falls!
2009 May 13, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Up, spoken by newsreel announcer (David Kaye), Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios1 more example
Bon Voyage / Forget that olde worlde / I'm inching away from the darkest slump of my life / And I don't know if I'm coming back
2013, Crying, “Vacation”, in Get Olde
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
Similar
Broader
farewellword of farewell
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchbon voyage“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”
- Englishbon voyage
Borrowed from French bon voyage (“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”), from bon (“good”) + voyage (“journey”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans veilige reis, voorspoedige reis
- veilige reiswish of good journey
- voorspoedige reiswish of good journey
Arabic رِحْلَة سَعِيدَة, رِحْلَة مُوَفَّقَة
- رِحْلَة سَعِيدَة (riḥla saʕīda)wish of good journey
- رِحْلَة مُوَفَّقَة (riḥla muwaffaqa)wish of good journey
Basque bidaia on
- bidaia onwish of good journey
Bengali শ্তভযাত্রা
- শ্তভযাত্রা (śtobhojatra)wish of good journey
Bulgarian на до́бър път
- на до́бър път (na dóbăr păt)wish of good journey
Catalan bon viatge
- bon viatgewish of good journey
Chinese Cantonese 一路平安, 一路順風 /一路顺风
- 一路平安 (jat¹ lou⁶ ping⁴ on¹)wish of good journey
- 一路順風 /一路顺风 (jat¹ lou⁶ seon⁶ fung¹)wish of good journey
Chinese Mandarin 一路平安, 一路順風 /一路顺风
- 一路平安 (yīlùpíng'ān)wish of good journey
- 一路順風 /一路顺风 (yīlùshùnfēng)wish of good journey
Czech šťastnou cestu
- šťastnou cestuwish of good journey
Danish god rejse
- god rejsewish of good journey
Dutch goede reis
- goede reiswish of good journey
Esperanto bonan vojaĝon
- bonan vojaĝonwish of good journey
Estonian head teed, head reisi
- head teedwish of good journey
- head reisiwish of good journey
Finnish hyvää matkaa
- hyvää matkaawish of good journey
French bon voyage
- bon voyagewish of good journey
German gute Reise, gute Fahrt
- gute Reisewish of good journey
- gute Fahrtwish of good journey
Greek καλό ταξίδι
- καλό ταξίδι (kaló taxídi)wish of good journey
Hebrew נסיעה טובה, דרך צלחה
- נסיעה טובה (nesi'á tová)wish of good journey
- דרך צלחה (derekh tsleha)wish of good journey
Hindi शुभ यात्रा
- शुभ यात्रा (śubh yātrā)wish of good journey
Hungarian jó utat, jó utat kívánok
- jó utatwish of good journey
- jó utat kívánokwish of good journey
Icelandic góða ferð
- góða ferðwish of good journey
Indonesian selamat jalan
- selamat jalanwish of good journey
Irish go n-éirí an bóthar leat, go n-éirí an bóthar libh
- go n-éirí an bóthar leatwish of good journey
- go n-éirí an bóthar libhwish of good journey
Italian buon viaggio
- buon viaggiowish of good journey
Japanese どうぞご無事で, 道中ご無事で
- どうぞご無事で (dōzo gobuji de)wish of good journey
- 道中ご無事で (dōchū gobuji de)wish of good journey
- ご機嫌よう (gokigen yō)wish of good journey
- よい旅を (yoi tabi o)wish of good journey
Korean 여행 잘 다녀 오십시오, 여행 잘 다녀 오세요
- 여행 잘 다녀 오십시오 (yeohaeng jal danyeo osipsio)wish of good journey
- 여행 잘 다녀 오세요 (yeohaeng jal danyeo oseyo)wish of good journey
- 좋은 여행 되십시오 (jo'eun yeohaeng doesipsio)wish of good journey
- 좋은 여행 되세요 (jo'eun yeohaeng doeseyo)wish of good journey
Latin bonum cursum
- bonum cursumwish of good journey
Latvian laimīgu ceļu
- laimīgu ceļuwish of good journey
Lithuanian laimingos kelionės, geros kelionė
- laimingos kelionėswish of good journey
- geros kelionėwish of good journey
Malay selamat jalan
- selamat jalanwish of good journey
Norwegian Bokmål god reise, god tur
- god reisewish of good journey
- god turwish of good journey
Polish szczęśliwej podróży, szczęśliwej drogi
- szczęśliwej podróżywish of good journey
- szczęśliwej drogiwish of good journey
- szerokiej drogiwish of good journey
- z Bogiemwish of good journey
Portuguese boa viagem
- boa viagemwish of good journey
Romanian călătorie plăcută, drum bun
- călătorie plăcutăwish of good journey
- drum bunwish of good journey
Russian до́брого пути́, счастли́вого пути́
- до́брого пути́ (dóbrovo putí)wish of good journey
- счастли́вого пути́ (sčastlívovo putí)wish of good journey
- колесом дорога (kolesom doroga)wish of good journey
Scottish Gaelic turas math dhut, turas math leat
- turas math dhutwish of good journey
- turas math leatwish of good journey
- turas math dhuibhwish of good journey
- turas math leibhwish of good journey
Slovak šťastnú cestu
- šťastnú cestuwish of good journey
Spanish buen viaje, feliz viaje
- buen viajewish of good journey
- feliz viajewish of good journey
Swahili safari njema
- safari njemawish of good journey
Swedish trevlig resa, lycklig resa
- trevlig resawish of good journey
- lycklig resawish of good journey
- kom väl hemwish of good journey
Tagalog maligayang paglalakbáy
- maligayang paglalakbáywish of good journey
Tamil இனிய பயணம் தொடரட்டும்
- இனிய பயணம் தொடரட்டும் (iṉiya payaṇam toṭaraṭṭum)wish of good journey
Thai ขอให้เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ, เดินทางอย่างปลอดภัย
- ขอให้เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ (kɔ̌ɔ-hâi dəən-taang dooi sà-wàt-dì-pâap)wish of good journey
- เดินทางอย่างปลอดภัย (dəən-taang yàang bplɔ̀ɔt-pai)wish of good journey
Turkish iyi yolculuklar, güle, güle
- iyi yolculuklarwish of good journey
- güle, gülewish of good journey
Ukrainian щасли́вої доро́ги
- щасли́вої доро́ги (ščaslývoji doróhy)wish of good journey
Urdu آپ کا سَفَر اَچّھا گُزْرے, سَفَر بَخَیر
- آپ کا سَفَر اَچّھا گُزْرے (āp kā safar acchā guzre)wish of good journey
- سَفَر بَخَیر (safar baxair)wish of good journey
Vietnamese lên đường bình an
- lên đường bình anwish of good journey
Welsh rhwydd hynt
- rhwydd hyntwish of good journey
Yiddish אַ גליקלעכע רײַזע
- אַ גליקלעכע רײַזע (a gliklekhe rayze)wish of good journey
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“bon voyage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bon%20voyage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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