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birthtide

birthtide noun: the time or season of one's birth, birthtime.

Noun

birthtide (plural birthtides)

  1. (archaic, obsolete, poetic, rare) The time or season of one's birth, birthtime.

Forms of birthtide

pluralbirthtides
alternative formbirth-tide

Origin of birthtide

From Middle English burdtide, burð tid, equivalent to birth + tide (“time, season”).

Questions about birthtide

What does birthtide mean?
Birthtide means the time or season of one's birth, birthtime.
What part of speech is birthtide?
Birthtide is a noun.
What is the plural of birthtide?
The plural of birthtide is birthtides.

Words near birthtide in the dictionary

  1. birthsteads
  2. birthstone
  3. birthstones
  4. birthstool
  5. birthstools
  6. birthtide
  7. birthtides
  8. birthtime
  9. birthtimes
  10. birthtongue
  11. birthtongues

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