rite de passage

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French rite de passage, and attested later than rite of 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹiːt də paˈsɑːʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹit də ˌpɑˈsɑʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑːʒ Hyphenation: rite de pass‧age === Noun === rite de passage (plural rites de passage) (originally cultural anthropology) Synonym of rite of passage. [from early 20th c.] === References === == French == === Etymology === From rite +‎ de +‎ passage, literally “rite of passage”. Coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁit də pa.saʒ/ === Noun === rite de passage m (plural rites de passage) rite of passage (ceremony or series of ceremonies to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person’s life to another; any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage of a person’s life to another) === References ===