Meanings
alternative enroute · alternative on route · alternative en-route
- On the way.
The shipment is en route to the buyer.
2 more examples
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 2026Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.
2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbon a route to some place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans op pad, op pad
- op padon the way
- op padalong the way
Arabic فِي طَرِيق, فِي مَسِيرَة
- فِي طَرِيق (fī ṭarīq)on the way
- فِي مَسِيرَة (fī masīra)on the way
Catalan en ruta, de camí
- en rutaon the way
- de camíalong the way
Chinese Mandarin 在路上, 在途中
- 在路上 (zài lùshàng)on the way
- 在途中on the way
- 在途中 (zài túzhōng)along the way
Danish på vej
- på vejon the way
Dutch onderweg
- onderwegon the way
Esperanto survoje, survoje
- survojeon the way
- survojealong the way
Finnish matkalla, matkan varrella
- matkallaon the way
- matkan varrellaalong the way
French en route, sur la route
- en routeon the way
- sur la routealong the way
- sur le cheminalong the way
German unterwegs, en Route
- unterwegson the way
- en Routeon the way
- unterwegsalong the way
Greek καθ’ οδόν, στην πορεία
- καθ’ οδόν (kath’ odón)on the way
- στην πορεία (stin poreía)along the way
Hebrew בדרך
- בדרך (badérekh)on the way
Hindi रास्ते पर
- रास्ते पर (rāste par)on the way
Hungarian úton, útban
- útonon the way
- útbanon the way
- útközbenalong the way
- menet közbenalong the way
Icelandic á leiðinni, á flugleið
- á leiðinnion the way
- á flugleiðon the way
- á vegon the way
- á leiðon the way
Italian in arrivo
- in arrivoon the way
Japanese 途中で, 途中で
- 途中で (tochū de)on the way
- 途中で (tochū de)along the way
Korean 도중에, 도중에
- 도중에 (dojung'e)on the way
- 도중에 (dojung'e)along the way
Latin in itinere
- in itinereon the way
Persian در راه, تو راه
- در راه (dar râh)on the way
- تو راه (tu râh)on the way
Polish w drodze, po drodze
- w drodzeon the way
- po drodzealong the way
Portuguese a caminho, no caminho
- a caminhoon the way
- no caminhoalong the way
Russian в пути́, на пути́
- в пути́ (v putí)on the way
- на пути́ (na putí)on the way
- в доро́ге (v doróge)on the way
- по пути́ (po putí)along the way
- по доро́ге (po doróge)along the way
Spanish en ruta, en la ruta
- en rutaon the way
- en la rutaalong the way
Swedish på väg, på vägen
- på vägon the way
- på vägenalong the way
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with en route
Cite this entry
en route. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/en%20route
“en route.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/en%20route. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “en route,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/en%20route.
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