Bon Voyage - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT bon voyage /bɑn vɔɪˈɑʒ/ /bɒn vɔɪˈɒʒ/ IPA guide

Other forms: bon voyages

You can use the expression bon voyage to wish a friend well as she sets off on a trip.

Bon voyage literally means "good voyage" in French, and it can be used as an exclamation, a playful or sophisticated way to send someone off on a journey. You could also throw a bon voyage party, if you were celebrating with a friend who was about to embark on a long trip. English-speakers first began using the expression in the late 1600s.

Definitions of bon voyage

noun an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture synonyms: send-off see moresee less type of: farewell, word of farewell an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

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