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BON VOYAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bon voyage mean?
• BON VOYAGE (noun)
The noun BON VOYAGE has 1 sense:
1. an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
Familiarity information: BON VOYAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bon voyage; send-off
Hypernyms ("bon voyage" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
Context examples
Bon voyage, Mademoiselle.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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