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French to English translation

Translation : Have a nice trip

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Audio pronunciation

IPA : / bɔ̃ vwajaʒ /

What does bon voyage mean?

It literally means:

• Voyage → Trip

It means "Have a good trip " or "Have a nice trip ". We use it when saying goodbye to someone (or a group of people) leaving for a trip, to wish a safe and nice time during the trip.

Cool thing: "bon voyage " is also used in English with the exact same meaning.

When you want to wish a safe and good trip to someone or a group of people, you can simply add "Bon voyage ". 

If you want to make a sentence out of it, you can say: "Fais bon voyage " (Have a nice/good trip). And for a formal version, use instead: "Je vous souhaite un bon voyage → I wish you a good/nice trip "

If the trip involves driving on the road, you can use "Bonne route → Have a nice (trip on the) road ". And if it's a flight: "Bon vol → Have a good/nice flight ".

Finally, if the trip is about going home, you can also use "Bon retour → Have a good/nice journey home ".

A little trick, if you add "bon(ne) " before a noun, it will mean: "enjoy *noun* " or "have a nice/good *noun* ".

Few examples:

• Bonne journée → Have a nice day
• Bon week-end → Have a nice weekend
• Bon appétit → Enjoy your meal
• Bonne visite → Enjoy your visit
• Bon match → Enjoy the game
• Je vous souhaite un bon voyage → I wish you a good/nice trip
• Fais bon voyage → Have a good/nice trip
• Bonne route → Have a nice (trip on the) road / Be safe on the road
• Bon vol → Have a good/nice flight
• Bon retour → Have a good/nice journey home

Example in a dialogue with French audio

Allez, on y va !

Come on, let's go!

Ça marche ! Bon voyage !

All right! Have a nice trip

Merci ! À plus tard !

Thanks! See you later!

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interjection as in goodbye (used to wish well)

Strongest matches

adieu , bon voyage , goodbye

Strong matches

adios , bye-bye , cheerio , ciao

Weak matches

hasta la vista , have a nice day , so long , ta-ta

noun as in a departure statement

goodbye , send-off , sendoff

adieus , adieux , leave-taking , parting , valediction

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Example sentences.

The result was not exactly an offensive masterpiece putting the rest of the NFC on notice that the Saints are poised for a Super Bowl run in what could be Brees’s farewell postseason.

In our farewell, my boss said he was sending a gift to me to recognize both.

The cartoonist bid farewell knowing his strip was at its aesthetic pinnacle.

Three days before flying with his mother and manager to his new life in Washington, the Wizards’ 19-year-old first-round draft pick is bidding farewell to the floor that made him famous by draining one three-pointer after another.

All of the Core Four were still producing for the Yankees into the 2010s, years after Williams had played his last game in pinstripes, which kept him from participating in the farewell narrative with the rest of the dynasty’s cornerstones.

There was something cathartic about deleting this 2,500-word monster of a farewell, and resolving to live.

Get ready to bid farewell to the spitfire Bobby Bottleservice and big booty player Ref Jeff.

“If you see their car, you know some poor soul is about to die,” Noor says, at his farewell party.

A Chinese restaurateur ran to the window as I wolfed down roast duck for my farewell dinner, as shots were heard across the way.

Will voters shower Breaking Bad with farewell trophies, or is the enthusiasm for True Detective impossible to beat?

I often recall the farewell lunch we had together at the Restaurant de Paris, in the Escolta.

Uncle David nodded, and waved his hand, as on entering the door he gave them a farewell smile over his shoulder.

They were just about to celebrate tabagie, or a solemn feast, over his last farewell.

The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.

In the evening I received General d'Amade who had come over to pay his farewell visit.

Related Words

Words related to farewell are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word farewell . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in parting remark or action

• leave-taking
• valediction

noun as in greeting

interjection as in have a nice trip

• gluckliche Reise
• happy landing
• pleasant journey
• tsetchem leshalom

adjective as in parting

• lastly/last

noun as in leaving

• abandonment
• embarkation
• expatriation
• setting forth
• setting-out
• taking leave
• vanishing act
• withdrawing

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to farewell, such as: adieu, goodbye, adios, bon voyage, bye-bye, and cheerio.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Bon voyage synonyms

What is another word for bon voyage .

• send-off have a nice trip
• farewell exclamation, have a nice trip
• adieu exclamation, have a nice trip
• goodbye exclamation, have a nice trip
• bye-bye exclamation, have a nice trip
• adios exclamation
• gluckliche Reise
• happy landing
• pleasant journey
• tsetchem leshalom
• see you later
• hasta la vista

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Définition "farewell"

• Cap situé à l'extrémité sud du Groenland.
• Formule de politesse par laquelle on prend congé de qqn.

Synonyme "farewell"

Cap Farvel , Farvel

à plus , au plaisir , au revoir , au revoir! , bonne journée , bye , bye-bye , ciao , salut , salut! , tchao , adieu , à la prochaine , à la revoyure

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Definition of bon voyage

• congee
• good-by

Examples of bon voyage in a Sentence

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Word History

French, literally, good journey!

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Dictionary Entries Near bon voyage

Cite this entry.

“Bon voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bon%20voyage. Accessed 8 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

Kids definition of bon voyage.

French, literally, "good journey"

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