birthday
/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ//ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/
birthday noun: the anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
Noun
birthday (plural birthdays)
- The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
- When's your birthday? Mine's on April 1.
- I'll be thirty-seven (years old) next birthday.
- Synonyms:
- natal day
- The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
- The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
- A birthday party.
- I'd like to invite you all to my birthday.
Verb
birthday (third-person singular simple present birthdays, present participle birthdaying, simple past and past participle birthdayed)
- To celebrate one's birthday.
birthday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
birthday in Hindi
- anniversary
- जन्मदिन janmadin, सालगिरह sālgirah
- date of birth — see also date of birth
- जन्मतिथि janmatithi, जन्मदिन janmadin
birthday in Tamil
- anniversary
- பிறந்தநாள் piṟantanāḷ
birthday in Marathi
- anniversary
- वाढदिवस vāḍhdivas
- date of birth — see also date of birth
- जन्मदिवस janmadivas, जन्मदिन janmadin
birthday in Urdu
- anniversary
- سالْگِرَہْ sālgirah, جَنْم دِن janm din
- date of birth — see also date of birth
- تارِیخِ پِیدائِش tārīx-i pīdāiś, جَنْم دِن janm din, یَومِ پِیدائِش yaum-i pīdāiś, یَومِ وِلادَت yaum-i vilādat
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- birthday in Bengali
- জন্মদিন jonmodin
- birthday in Telugu
- జన్మదినము janmadinamu
- birthday in Malayalam
- പിറന്നാൾ piṟannāḷ, ജന്മദിനം janmadinaṁ, ജനനത്തീയതി jananattīyati
- birthday in Kannada
- ಜನ್ಮದಿನ janmadina
- birthday in Punjabi
- ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਨ janma-din
- birthday in Gujarati
- વરસગાંઠ varasgā̃ṭh, જન્મદિવસ janmadivas, સાલગરેહ sālagreh, સાલગીરી sālgīrī
- birthday in Odia
- ଜନ୍ମଦିନ janmadina
- birthday in Sinhala
- උපන් දිනය upan dinaya
- birthday in Nepali
- जन्मदिन janmadina
- birthday in Pashto
- کليزه kaliza
- birthday in Tagalog
- kaarawan
- birthday in Arabic
- عِيد مِيلَاد ʕīd mīlād, يَوْم مِيلَاد yawm mīlād
- birthday in Malay
- hari jadi, hari lahir
- birthday in Indonesian
- ulang tahun, hari lahir
- birthday in Thai
- วันเกิด wan-gə̀ət
- birthday in Vietnamese
- sinh nhật, ngày sinh, ngày sinh tháng đẻ, ngày sanh
- birthday in Myanmar
- မွေးနေ့ mwe:ne.
- Kashmiri
- زا دۄہ zā dọh, ؤہرٕوود wạhrụwōd, زایہِ دۄہ zāyhi dọh
Examples of birthday in a sentence
- My fortieth birthday is only two years off!
- Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 2, in Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard...
- 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.1921 June 4, “Birthday Honours — Companions of Honour”, in The Times:
Synonyms of birthday
Forms of birthday
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | birthdays |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | birfday |
| alternative form (archaic) | birth-day |
| alternative form (archaic) | birthdaye |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | birthdays |
| present participle | birthdaying |
| past participle | birthdayed |
| past | birthdayed |
Origin of birthday
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.
Words formed from birthday
- 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
- you the birthday
Phrases with birthday
Questions about birthday
- What does birthday mean?
- Birthday means the anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
- What is birthday in Hindi?
- Birthday in Hindi is जन्मदिन (janmadin), सालगिरह (sālgirah), जन्मतिथि (janmatithi). See Birthday meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use birthday in a sentence?
- My fortieth birthday is only two years off!
- What part of speech is birthday?
- Birthday can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce birthday?
- Birthday is pronounced /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of birthday?
- The plural of birthday is birthdays.
Words near birthday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: birthday (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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