English Explanatory Dictionary

birthday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
  2. The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
  3. The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
  4. A birthday party.
verb
  1. To celebrate one's birthday.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ /ˈbɜːθ.dei/ En-uk-birthday.ogg bûrthʹdā' /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/ En-us-birthday.ogg

Word forms

birthday birthdays birth-day birfday birthdaying birthdayed

Etymology

From Middle English birthdai, birtheday, from Old English ġebyrddæġ (“birthday”), influenced by Old Norse burðr, equivalent to birth + day. Compare Saterland Frisian Gebuursdai (“birthday”), Dutch geboortedag (“birthday”), Low German Geboortsdag (“birthday”), German Geburtstag (“birthday”), Norwegian bursdag, gebursdag (“birthday”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English nativitee (“birth, nativity, birthday”), from Old French nativité, nativited, from Latin nātīvitas.

Synonyms

natal day

Related words

deathday name day

Derived words

birthaversary birthday attack birthday blues birthday book birthday boy birthday buddy birthday bump birthday cake birthday card birthday effect birthday girl birthday honour birthdayish birthdayless birthday noodle birthday paradox birthday problem birthday suit birthday-suit birthday suited birthday-suited birthday suiter birthday twin celebrate one's 19th birthday in Poland golden birthday half birthday half-birthday happy birthday heavenly birthday it's your birthday Queen's Birthday rebirthday unbirthday

Translations

Abenaki: piligadma Afrikaans: verjaarsdag Alabama: innìhta Albanian: ditëlindje Southern Altai: тууган кӱни Amharic: ልደታ Amharic: ልደት Arabic: عِيد مِيلَاد Arabic: يَوْم مِيلَاد Arabic: عيد ميلاد Armenian: ծննդյան օր Armenian: ծնունդ Asturian: cumpleaños Azerbaijani: doğum günü Azerbaijani: ad günü Bambara: sanyɛlɛma Bashkir: тыуған көн Basque: urtebetetze Basque: urtemuga Basque: egun Belarusian: дзень нараджэ́ння Belarusian: дзень нараджэ́ньня Bengali: জন্মদিন Bislama: betde Breton: deiz-ha-bloaz Bulgarian: рожде́н ден Burmese: မွေးနေ့ Buryat: түрэһэн үдэр Carpathian Rusyn: народени́ны Catalan: aniversari Catalan: natalici Cebuano: adlawng natawhan Chamicuro: ipenonasne watane Chinese Cantonese: 生日 Chinese Cantonese: 生辰 Chinese Cantonese: 牛一 Chinese: сынжы Chinese: 生日 Eastern Min Chinese: 生日 Gan Chinese: 生日 Hakka Chinese: 生日 Jin Chinese: 生日 Chinese Mandarin: 生日 Chinese Mandarin: 生辰 Northern Min Chinese: 生日 Wu Chinese: 生日 Xiang Chinese: 生日 Cornish: penn-bloodh Cornish: pedn-bloodh Corsican: anniversariu Crimean Tatar: doğğan künü Czech: narozeniny Danish: fødselsdag Dolgan: төрөөбүт күн
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