Definition of 'birthday'
Word forms: plural birthdays
countable noun
Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
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noun
2.
the day on which a person was born
3.
any anniversary
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Example sentences containing 'birthday'
The Sun (2006) Times, Sunday Times (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Friends said she met her boyfriend there and was upset when he failed to send a happy birthday text.
The Sun (2014) The Sun (2009)He was two weeks short of his his 24th birthday.
Times, Sunday Times (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2010)It was for her 50th birthday about three years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2008) The Sun (2015) Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2014) The Sun (2016) The Sun (2014)I met my ex on my 24th birthday.
The Sun (2010)It is her 18th birthday, after all.
Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2013) Times, Sunday Times (2012) Times, Sunday Times (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2010)If we learn it is their birthday or anniversary, we give them a card signed by all of us, including
the captain.
The Sun (2008)If I say so myself, happy birthday to me!
Christianity Today (2000)I am happy, then, to tell you that today is my birthday.
The Sun (2014) The Sun (2010)Trends of 'birthday'
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Translations for 'birthday'
British English: birthday /ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ/
NOUN
Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born....his 24th birthday.
Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born....his 24th birthday.
- Arabic: عِيد الـمِيلاد
- Brazilian Portuguese: aniversário
- Chinese: 生日
- Croatian: rođendan
- Czech: narozeniny
- Danish: fødselsdag
- Dutch: verjaardag
- European Spanish: cumpleaños
- Finnish: syntymäpäivä
- French: anniversaire naissance
- German: Geburtstag
- Greek: γενέθλια
- Italian: compleanno
- Japanese: 誕生日
- Korean: 생일
- Norwegian: fødselsdag
- Polish: urodziny
- Portuguese: aniversário
- Romanian: zi de naștere zile de naștere
- Russian: день рождения
- Spanish: cumpleaños
- Swedish: födelsedag
- Thai: วันเกิด
- Turkish: doğum günü
- Ukrainian: день народження
- Vietnamese: ngày sinh nhật
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