My amazing cousin got married last weekend in London and, in honour of the occasion, here’s the latest Word of the Week! 

Word of the Week:

Passer la bague au doigt. 

How to pronounce it:

Pah-say lah bag oh dwa. 

What it means in English:

Literally meaning ‘to pass the ring to the finger’, a more idiomatic translation would be ‘to tie the knot’ or, as Beyoncé might say, ‘[to] put a ring on it’. 

Where does it come from?

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a record on the Internet of where the expression comes from or when it was first used. 

How to use it in a sentence:

‘Ils se sont passé la bague au doigt hier.’

English translation:

‘They got married yesterday.’

Similar words:

Se marier = To get married 

Le mariage = Marriage 

Un mariage = A wedding 

Se dire oui pour la vie = To get married (literally: ‘to say yes to each other for life’) 

Mettre la bague au doigt = To tie the knot/to get hitched (literally: ‘to put the ring to the finger’) 

Une alliance = Wedding ring. 

Hope you liked this week’s Word of the Week! 🙂 (Especially ‘T’ and ‘A’, if you’re reading this!!) 

And for more Words of the Week, jetez un coup d’œil ici ! (Have a look here!) 

À la prochaine, mes amis !