rite of passage

English

Noun

rite of passage (plural rites of passage)

(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

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