Definitions for birthday
ˈbɜrθˌdeɪbirth·day

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthday(noun)

   an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

2. birthday, natal day(noun)

   the date on which a person was born

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthday(Noun)

   The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

2. birthday(Noun)

   The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

3. birthday(Noun)

   The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Birthday(noun)

   the day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement

2. Birthday(noun)

   the day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth

3. Birthday(adj)

   of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities

Freebase(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Birthday

   A birthday is a day when a person celebrates the anniversary of his or her birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a gift, party, or rite of passage. The celebration of a birthday usually is thought to mark how old a person is, traditionally stopping when death occurs and only stating that if still alive, they would have been old. Some contemporary writers ignore this aspect, however, and keep counting the years since the date of birth of famous people, such as proclaiming that it is Shakespeare's "four hundredth birthday" instead of noting that it is the four hundredth anniversary of his birth. Many religions celebrate the birth of their founders with special holidays.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. BIRTHDAY

   Anniversary of one's birth. Observed only by men and children.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthday

   A celebration of the date, month and year a person or animal is born.

   Some people like to celebrate their birthday every year, others are happy to know it is just a moment of time.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'birthday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3741

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'birthday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #997

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'birthday' in Nouns Frequency: #1257

How to pronounce birthday?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say birthday in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of birthday in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of birthday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of birthday in a Sentence

1. Sandeep Amin:

   I felt so embarrassed so I decided that it was going to be a bad birthday celebration and suggested to my wife that we would be better off leaving such a rude place.

2. Denise Haight:

   He only wanted us to tell Cameron a ‘happy birthday’ from Home Depot.

3. John Prine:

   Well, maybe it's past Caroline Branch bedtime, but tell Caroline Branch I said happy birthday.

4. Greta Thunberg:

   I stand here striking from 8am until 3pm as usual ... then I'll go home, i won't have a birthday cake but we'll have a dinner.

5. Lisa Tarala:

   It was his birthday party and I didn’t want to upset him.

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