bon voyage
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English
[edit]English phrasebook
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bon voyage (“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”), from bon (“good”) + voyage (“journey”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌbɒn vwaɪˈɑːʒ/, /ˌbɒn vɔɪˈɑːʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Interjection
[edit]bon voyage
- Used to wish someone a good journey.
- 2009 May 13, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Up, spoken by newsreel announcer (David Kaye), Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios:
- Bon voyage, Charles Muntz, and good luck capturing the monster of Paradise Falls!
- 2013, Crying (lyrics and music), “Vacation”, in Get Olde[1]:
- 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
Translations
[edit]wish of good journey
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- bon voyage, have a good journey, have a good trip
See also
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French bon voyage (“bon voyage”)
Interjection
[edit]- bon voyage, have a good journey, have a good trip
- Synonym: selamat jalan
Further reading
[edit]- “bon voyage” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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