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Everything about the French sentence "Bon voyage"

You are going to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the basic phrase "Bon voyage". To be more precise, it includes a detailed explanation of what it is and how you can use it in a conversation with an audio example. Along with the useful things we sprinkled like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonyms and more!

French to English translation

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  Translation : Have a nice trip

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  Register : Neutral - Basic

Audio pronunciation

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  IPA : / bɔ̃ vwajaʒ /

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What does bon voyage mean?

Definition

It literally means:

• Bon → Good
• 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.

How to use

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".

Fun stuff

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

Synonyms

• 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

Dialogue

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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