English Explanatory Dictionary

rite of passage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person's life to another.
  2. Any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage in a person's life to another.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹaɪt‿əv ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ [ˌɹaɪɾ‿əv-] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-rite of passage.wav

Word forms

rite of passage rites of passage

Etymology

From rite + of + passage, a calque of French rite de passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909).

Synonyms

rite de passage

Translations

Arabic: طَقْس الْعُبُور Chinese Mandarin: 成年禮 /成年礼 Chinese Mandarin: 成年儀式 /成年仪式 Danish: overgangsrite Dutch: rite de passage Dutch: overgangsritueel Finnish: siirtymäriitti French: rite de passage German: Passageritus German: Erwachsenwerden German: Initiation German: Initiationsritus German: Übergangsritual German: Übergangsritus Greek: διαβατήρια τελετή Hungarian: beavatási rítus Hungarian: beavatási szertartás Icelandic: manndómsvígsla Italian: rito di passaggio Japanese: 通過儀礼 Khmer: សេចក្តីក្លាហានដួងនៃការអនុម័ត Norwegian: overgangsrite Polish: obrzęd przejścia Portuguese: rito de passagem Russian: обря́д посвяще́ния Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth inbhe Slovak: prechodový rituál Spanish: rito de paso Spanish: rito de pasamiento Swedish: övergångsrit Thai: พิธีกรรมเปลี่ยนผ่าน
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