birthday

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• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/

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• (US): enPR: bûrthʹdā', IPA^(key): /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/

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Noun

birthday (plural birthdays)

1. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]
   • 1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,

     Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.

   • 1903, L. Frank Baum, The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People, The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His Birthday,

     One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd birthday or two for luck.

   • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,

     "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could."

   • circa 1911, Cotton Mather, Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather, Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, page 1,

     It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday.

   • 1921 June 4, Birthday Honours — Companions of Honour, in The Times,

     The King's Birthday, which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.

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.

Translations

anniversary

• Abenaki: piligadma
• Afrikaans: verjaarsdag
• Alabama: innìhta
• Albanian: ditëlindje f
• Amharic: ልደታ (ldäta), ልደት (ldät)
• Arabic: عيد ميلاد m (ʿīd mīlād)

  Egyptian Arabic: عيد ميلاد m (ʿīd melad)

• Armenian: ծննդյան օր (cnndyan ōr), ծնունդ (cnund)
• Asturian: cumpleaños m
• Azeri: ad günü
• Bambara: sanyɛlɛma (sanyɛlɛma)
• Basque: urtebetetze, urtemuga, egun (eu)
• Belarusian: дзень нараджэння m (dzjenʹ naradžénnja)
• Bengali: জন্মদিন (jônmôdin)
• Bislama: betde
• Breton: deiz-ha-bloaz m
• Bulgarian: рожден ден m (roždén den)
• Burmese: မွေးနေ့ (my) (mwei nei), IPA^(key): /mwèː.nḛː/
• Catalan: aniversari m, natalici m
• Cebuano: adlawng natawhan
• Chamicuro: ipenonasne watane
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生日 (zh) (shēngrì)

  Min Nan: 生日 (zh-min-nan) (seⁿ-ji̍t or siⁿ-ji̍t or seng-ji̍t)

• Cornish: penn-bloodh m, pedn-bloodh m
• Corsican: anniversariu m
• Czech: narozeniny (cs) f pl
• Danish: fødselsdag (da) c
• Dutch: verjaardag (nl) m
• Dutch Low Saxon: verjaordag
• Esperanto: naskiĝotago, naskotago (eo)
• Estonian: sünnipäev
• Faroese: ársdagur m
• Fijian: sigaanisucu (fj), siganisucu
• Finnish: syntymäpäivä (fi), (informal) synttärit
• French: anniversaire (fr) m, (Canada) fête (fr) f
• Friulan: natalizi m
• Galician: aniversario (gl) m
• Georgian: დაბადების დღე (dabadebis dḡe)
• German: Geburtstag (de) m
• Greek: γενέθλια (el) (genéthlia)
• Guernésiais: jour de naissànse m
• Gujarati: વરસ ગાનત (varas gaant)
• Haitian Creole: anivèsè
• Hawaiian: la hanau
• Hebrew: יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת (he) m (yom huledet)
• Hindi: जन्मदिन m (janmadin)
• Hungarian: születésnap (hu)
• Icelandic: afmælisdagur (is) m, fæðingardagur m
• Ido: naskodio (io)
• Indonesian: ulang tahun (id)
• Interlingua: die natal
• Irish: lá breithe m, breithlá m
• Italian: compleanno (it) m
• Japanese: 誕生日 (ja) (たんじょうび, tanjōbi), バースデー (bāsudē)
• Kannada: ಜನ್ಮದಿನ (kn) (janmadina)
• Kazakh: туған күн (twğan kün)
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃខួប (tngay kʰuəp)
• Korean: 생일 (ko) (saeng-il) (生日 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: туулган күнү (tuulgan künü)
• Lao: ມື້ເກີດ (mɨ̂ː kə̏ːt), ຊົນມະທິ (són mā tʰī)
• Latin: dies natalis f pl

• Latvian: dzimšanas diena m
• Lithuanian: gimtadienis (lt) m
• Luganda: amazalibwa
• Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdag (lb) m
• Macedonian: роденден m (ródenden)
• Malay: hari lahir
• Maltese: għeluq sninek
• Manx: laa ruggyree m
• Maori: rā whānau
• Marathi: वाट दिवस
• Mongolian: төрсөн өдөр (törsön ödör)
• Navajo: hoʼdizhchínę́ęjį́ anáyííłką́
• Norwegian: bursdag (no) m, fødselsdag (no) m
• Occitan: aniversari m
• Old English: byrddæg
• Oriya: ଜନ୍ମଦିନ (janmadina)
• Persian: تولد (fa) (tavallod)
• Piedmontese: compleani m, compleann m
• Polish: urodziny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: aniversário (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਨ (janama-dina)
• Quechua: wata hunt'ay
• Romanian: aniversare (ro), zi de naștere (ro)
• Romansch: anniversari m
• Russian: день рождения (ru) m (denʹ roždénija)
• Rwanda: isabukuru class 9/6
• Samoan: asofānau
• Sardinian: anniversariu m
• Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m, là-breith m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рођендан m

  Roman: rođendan m

• Sinhalese: උපන් දිනය (upan dinaya)
• Slovak: narodeniny f pl
• Slovene: rojstni dan (sl) m
• Sorbian:
  • High Sorbian: narodniny
  • Low Sorbian: narodny źeń m, narodniny (pluralia tantum)
• Spanish: cumpleaños (es) m, natalicio m
• Sranan Tongo: friyaridei
• Swahili: siku ya uzalishi
• Swedish: födelsedag (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaarawan
• Tajik: рӯзи таваллуд (rüzi tavallud), таваллуд (tg) (tavallud)
• Tamil: பிறந்தநாள் (ta) (piranthanaal)
• Telugu: పుట్టినదినము (te) (puttinadinamu)
• Thai: วันเกิด (th) (wan-gèrt)
• Turkish: doğum günü (tr)
• Turkmen: doglan güni
• Tuvan: төрүттүнген хүнү (törüttüngen xünü)
• Ukrainian: день народження m (denʹ naródžennja)
• Uzbek: tugʻilan kun
• Venetian: compleano m
• Vietnamese: sinh nhật (vi) (生日)
• Volapuk: motedadel (vo)
• Welsh: penblwydd m, pen-blwydd (cy) m
• West Flemish: verjaardag
• West Frisian: jierdei
• White Hmong: hnub yug
• Yiddish: געבוירן־טאָג m (geboyrn-tog), געבורטסטאָג m (geburtstog)
• Zulu: usuku lokuzalwa

date of birth

• Armenian: ծննդյան օր (cnndyan ōr)
• Bengali: জন্মদিন (janmadin)
• Bulgarian: ден на раждане (den na raždane), дата на раждане (data na raždane), рождена дата (roždena data)
• Burmese: (IPA^(key): /mwèː.nḛː/)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出生日期 (zh) (chūshēngrìqī)

• Czech: narozeniny (cs) f pl
• Danish: fødselsdag (da) c
• Dutch: geboortedatum (nl) m
• Finnish: syntymäaika (fi), synnyinpäivä, syntymäpäivä (fi)
• French: date de naissance (fr) f
• German: Geburtsdatum (de) n
• Greek: ημερομηνία γεννήσεως f (imerominía genníseos)
• Icelandic: fæðingardagur m, afmælisdagur (is) m
• Italian: data di nascita f
• Japanese: 生年月日 (seinengappi)
• Korean: 생년월일 (ko) (生年月日, saengnyeonweolil)
• Latin: natalis (la) f

• Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdatum m
• Macedonian: датум на раѓање m (dátum na ráǵanje)
• Maltese: data ta' twelied f
• North Frisian: iirdäi
• Norwegian: fødselsdag (no) m
• Polish: data urodzenia f
• Portuguese: data de nascimento f
• Romansch: di da naschientscha m, natalizi m
• Russian: дата рождения f (data roždénija), день рождения (ru) m (denʹ roždénija)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m, là-breith m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дан рођења m, датум рођења m

  Roman: dan rođenja m, datum rođenja m

• Spanish: fecha de nacimiento f
• Swedish: födelsedag (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaarawan
• White Hmong: hnub yug

Derived terms

• birthday boy
• birthday cake
• birthday card
• birthday girl
• birthday honour
• birthday party
• birthday present
• birthday suit
• happy birthday
• unbirthday
• half birthday

See also

• name day
• deathday