Definitions for birthday
ˈbɜrθˌdeɪbirth·day

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthdaynoun

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

2. birthday, natal daynoun

   the date on which a person was born

Wiktionary(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthdaynoun

   The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

2. birthdaynoun

   The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

3. birthdaynoun

   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. Birthdaynoun

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

2. Birthdaynoun

   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. Birthdayadjective

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

Freebase(4.00 / 3 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(2.71 / 7 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  

Matched Categories

1. • Anniversary
   • Date

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

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Satoshi Yoshioka:

   She was a person with mild character, and loved to eat so much. Her favorite food was sushi and udon noodles, she had eaten a lot of cake for her birthday last March 5.

2. Principal Dionne Kirksey:

   You really can't tell that it's a hidden gem, we not only support our kids in the building and their educational level, but we support them outside the building in their endeavors. And we still attend their graduations. We send them off to college and actually decorate their dorm rooms. We go to their baby's birthday parties. It's just a plethora of things that we do just to engage, to have that sense of family.

3. Sam Rogers:

   Back to the Future Part II. for my tenth birthday I was given a DeLorean time machine, the design of this car was just the coolest thing in the world and more so the way the second movie illustrated flight.

4. Free Democrats:

   Anyone who celebrates 69 deportations for his 69th birthday is in the wrong job, how many more derailments does the coalition need to dismiss the interior minister... The limit has been reached.

5. Birthday:

   Birthday party is a celebration but not all celebrations are birthday parties.

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