bon voyage
noun
bon voy·age
ˌbän-ˌvȯi-ˈäzh 
ˌbōⁿ-ˌvȯi-ˈäzh,
ˌbōⁿ-ˌvwī-ˈäzh,
-ˌvwä-ˈyäzh
plural bon voyages
: an expression of good wishes when someone leaves on a journey : goodbye
—often used interjectionally
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Examples of bon voyage in a Sentence
The crowd waved bon voyage as the ship left the dock.
everyone said their bon voyages as the happy couple left on a cruise for their honeymoon
Recent Examples on the Web
The bon voyage to the month that says goodbye to summer wasn’t all that much cooler.
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Safe travels, or as the French would say, bon voyage!
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 June 2024
But, before many of the would-be travelers could say bon voyage, new restrictions were instituted.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 23 Dec. 2021
Brush up on a few French language phrases, and then bon voyage!
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2021
Later, the crew of forty guests were welcomed into Whitney Wolfe Herd’s recently competed mountain home for a bon voyage pizza party to send everyone off to their next port of call.
—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2019
What better way to bid them bon voyage than with this elegant minimalist passport cover from Cuyana?
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Safe travels, or as the French would say, bon voyage!
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 June 2024
But, before many of the would-be travelers could say bon voyage, new restrictions were instituted.
—Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 23 Dec. 2021
Brush up on a few French language phrases, and then bon voyage!
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2021
Later, the crew of forty guests were welcomed into Whitney Wolfe Herd’s recently competed mountain home for a bon voyage pizza party to send everyone off to their next port of call.
—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2019
What better way to bid them bon voyage than with this elegant minimalist passport cover from Cuyana?
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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bon voyage
noun
bon voy·age
ˌbōn-ˌvwī-ˈäzh
-ˌvwä-ˈyäzh
-ˌvwä-ˈyäzh
ˌbän-
: farewell entry 2 sense 1
—usually used as an interjection
Etymology
French, literally, "good journey"
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