rite of passage

rite of passage

English

Noun

rite of passage (plural rites of passage)

1. (anthropology) a ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person’s life. Baptisms, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples.

   After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first legal beer. This is a common American rite of passage.

Translations

ceremony to celebrate a transition

Chinese: Mandarin: 成年儀式, 成年仪式 (chéngnián yìshì), 成年禮, 成年礼 (chéngniánlǐ) Danish: overgangsrite c Dutch: rite de passage m, overgangsritueel (nl) n Finnish: siirtymäriitti French: rite de passage m German: Übergangsritus m, Initiationsritus (de) m, Übergangsritual n, Initiation (de) f, Passageritus m, Erwachsenwerden (de) n Greek: διαβατήρια τελετή f (diavatíria teletí) Hungarian: beavatási szertartás, beavatási rítus Icelandic: manndómsvígsla f

Japanese: 通過儀礼 (つうかぎれい, tsūka girei) Khmer: សេចក្តីក្លាហានដួងនៃការអនុម័ត (səckdəy klaa haan duəŋ ney kaa a’nu’mat) Norwegian: overgangsrite m Portuguese: rito de passagem m Russian: обря́д посвяще́ния m (obrjád posvjaščénija) Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth inbhe m Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: rito de paso m Swedish: övergångsrit (sv) c