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 yíshì), 成年仪式 (chéngnián yìshì), 成年禮／成年礼 (chéngniánlǐ), 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
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• 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