happy birthday
/ˈhæp.i ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/US/ˈhæp.i ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/
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happy birthday interjection: said or written to a person who is celebrating their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday").
Interjection
- Said or written to a person who is celebrating their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")
- Happy birthday, Joe! Have a fantastic day!
- Synonyms:
- many happy returns, many happy returns of the day
Verb
happy birthday (third-person singular simple present happy birthdays, present participle happy birthdaying, simple past and past participle happy birthdayed)
- To wish (someone) a happy birthday.
- Everybody was happy birthdaying him the full day.
happy birthday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
happy birthday in Hindi
- good wishes for a birthday
- जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएँ janmadin kī śubhkāmnāẽ, जन्मदिन मुबारक हो janmadin mubārak ho, जन्मदिन की बधाई janmadin kī badhāī
happy birthday in Tamil
- good wishes for a birthday
- பிறந்தநாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் piṟantanāḷ vāḻttukkaḷ
- wish someone a happy birthday
- பிறந்தநாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் சொல் piṟantanāḷ vāḻttukkaḷ col
happy birthday in Marathi
- good wishes for a birthday
- वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा vāḍhdivsācyā hārdik śubhecchā
happy birthday in Urdu
- good wishes for a birthday
- سالْگِرَہ مُبارَک sālgirah mubārak
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- happy birthday in Bengali
- শুভ জন্মদিন śubho jonmodin
- happy birthday in Telugu
- పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు puṭṭinarōju śubhākāṅkṣalu
- happy birthday in Malayalam
- ജന്മദിനാശംസകള് janmadināśaṁsakaḷ
- happy birthday in Kannada
- ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಹಬ್ಬ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು huṭṭida habba śubhāśayagaḷu
- happy birthday in Gujarati
- જન્મદિવસની શુભેચ્છાઓ janmadivasnī śubhecchāo, જન્મદિવસની હાર્દિક શુભેચ્છા janmadivasnī hārdik śubhecchā
- happy birthday in Sanskrit
- शुभं जन्मदिनम् śubhaṃ janmadinam
- happy birthday in Sinhala
- සුභ උපන් දිනයක් subha upan dinayak
- happy birthday in Nepali
- जन्मदिनको शुभकामना janmadinko śubhkāmanā
- happy birthday in Pashto
- د زیږیدلو کلیزه دی مبارک شه de zaigaidelo kaleeza dai mubarak sha
- happy birthday in Tagalog
- maligayang kaarawan, maligayang bati
- happy birthday in Arabic
- كُلُّ عَامٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِخَيْرٍ kullu ʕāmin wa-ʔantum bi-ḵayrin, عِيد مِيلَاد سَعِيد ʕīd mīlād saʕīd, سَنَة حُلْوَة sana ḥulwa
- happy birthday in Malay
- selamat hari lahir, selamat hari jadi
- happy birthday in Indonesian
- selamat ulang tahun
- happy birthday in Thai
- สุขสันต์วันเกิด sùk-sǎn wan-gə̀ət
- happy birthday in Vietnamese
- chúc mừng sinh nhật, sinh nhật vui vẻ nhé
- happy birthday in Myanmar
- မွေးနေ့မင်္ဂလာပါ mwe:ne.mangga.lapa
- Kashmiri
- زا دۄہ مُبارَکھ zā dọh mubārakh, ؤہرٕوود مُبارَکھ vạhrụvōd mubārakh, زایہِ دۄہ مُبارَکھ zāyhi dọh mubārakh
Synonyms of happy birthday
- many happy returns
- many happy returns of the day
Forms of happy birthday
| third-person singular present | happy birthdays |
|---|---|
| present participle | happy birthdaying |
| past participle | happy birthdayed |
| past | happy birthdayed |
Words formed from happy birthday
Questions about happy birthday
- What does happy birthday mean?
- Happy birthday means said or written to a person who is celebrating their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday").
- What is happy birthday in Hindi?
- Happy birthday in Hindi is जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएँ (janmadin kī śubhkāmnāẽ), जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmadin mubārak ho), जन्मदिन की बधाई (janmadin kī badhāī). See Happy birthday meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is happy birthday?
- Happy birthday can be an interjection or a verb.
- How do you pronounce happy birthday?
- Happy birthday is pronounced /ˈhæp.i ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ (UK).
Words near happy birthday in the dictionary
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