birth certificate
birth certificate noun: an official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.
Noun
birth certificate (plural birth certificates)
- An official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.
- [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28
birth certificate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
birth certificate in Hindi
- official document certifying the details of a person's birth
- जन्म प्रमाणपत्र janma pramāṇpatra
birth certificate in Tamil
- பிறப்புச் சான்றிதழ்
birth certificate in Urdu
- official document certifying the details of a person's birth
- سَنَدِ وِلادَت sanad-i vilādat
birth certificate in Bengali
- official document certifying the details of a person's birth
- জন্ম নিবন্ধন jonmo nibondhon
More languagesFewer languages
- birth certificate in Telugu
- జన్మ ధ్రువపత్రం janma dhruvapatraṁ
- birth certificate in Gujarati
- જન્મ પ્રમાણપત્ર janma pramāṇpatra, જન્મનું પ્રમાણપત્ર janmanũ pramāṇpatra
- birth certificate in Arabic
- شَهَادَةُ مِيلَاد šahādatu mīlād
- birth certificate in Malay
- sijil kelahiran
- birth certificate in Indonesian
- akta kelahiran
- birth certificate in Thai
- สูติบัตร sǔu-dtì-bàt
- birth certificate in Vietnamese
- giấy khai sinh
- birth certificate in Myanmar
- မွေးလက်မှတ် mwe:lakhmat
Forms of birth certificate
| plural | birth certificates |
|---|---|
| alternative form | birth-certificate |
| alternative form | birth cert |
Origin of birth certificate
From birth + certificate.
Questions about birth certificate
- What does birth certificate mean?
- Birth certificate means an official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.
- What is birth certificate in Hindi?
- Birth certificate in Hindi is जन्म प्रमाणपत्र (janma pramāṇpatra). See Birth certificate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is birth certificate?
- Birth certificate is a noun.
- What is the plural of birth certificate?
- The plural of birth certificate is birth certificates.
Words near birth certificate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: birth certificate (page history and authors); birth certificate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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