Is the word birthday a noun

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  1. What type of word is birthday?
  2. Which article is used for mango?
  3. What is the article before boy?
  4. Which is correct a mango or an mango?
  5. What is the plural for mango?
  6. What is the plural of fish?
  7. Is Fishies a real word?
  8. Is beeves a real word?
  9. What is the plural of people?
  10. What is the plural of cactus?

The noun ”birthday” is a common noun. Common nouns make reference to non-specific objects, people, places or concepts, as opposed to proper nouns,…

What type of word is birthday?

noun

Which article is used for mango?

A is generally used before singular nouns which begin with a consonant. AN is usually used to introduce singular nouns that begin with a vowel. In this sentence, we are talking specifically about the mangoes that were bought yesterday. Hence, we use the definite article ‘the’.

What is the article before boy?

A) The indefinite article ‘a’ is used before a singular common noun beginning with a consonant sound; as, A boy, a girl, a man, a woman, a university, a union, a one rupee coin, and so on.

Which is correct a mango or an mango?

The plural of mango is mangoes or mangos. Ripe, unpeeled mangoes give off a distinctive sweet smell. Mangos have been cultivated in South Asia for thousands of years.

What is the plural for mango?

Your word, “mango”, belongs to the last category, so you can you both forms to make it plural (mangos-mangoes).

What is the plural of fish?

The plural of fish is usually fish. When referring to more than one species of fish, especially in a scientific context, you can use fishes as the plural.

Is Fishies a real word?

1. Resembling or suggestive of fish, as in taste or odor. 2. Cold or expressionless: a fishy stare.

Is beeves a real word?

Emeritus Professor of Applied Language Studies at the University of Queensland, Professor Roly Sussex confirms that yes, the plural of ‘beef’ is ‘beeves’ according to the Oxford Dictionary and the Merriam Webster Dictionary. “It’s archaic and dialectal and not really used very much nowadays.” he said.

What is the plural of people?

So basically, both person and people can be used as singular nouns, people can be used as a plural noun and persons and peoples are also acceptable plural forms.

What is the plural of cactus?

noun. Save Word. cac·​tus | / ˈkak-təs / plural cacti/ ˈkak-​ˌtī , -​(ˌ)tē / or cactuses also cactus.

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • birth-day (archaic)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English birthdai, birtheday, from Old English ġebyrddæġ (birthday), influenced by Old Norse burðr, equivalent to birth +‎ day. Compare Saterland Frisian Gebuursdai (birthday), Dutch geboortedag (birthday), Low German Geboortsdag (birthday), German Geburtstag (birthday), Norwegian bursdag, gebursdag (birthday).

Eclipsed non-native Middle English nativitee (birth, nativity, birthday), from Old French nativité, nativited, from Latin nātīvitas.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK): IPA(key): /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
  • (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /ˈbɜːθ.dɪ/
  • (US): enPR: bûrthʹdā’, IPA(key): /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θdeɪ, -ɜːθdɪ

Noun[edit]

birthday (plural birthdays)

  1. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]

    When’s your birthday? Mine’s on April 1.

    • 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 2, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. [], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC:

      Oliver Twist’s ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.

    • 1903, L. Frank Baum, The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People, The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His Birthday,
      One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd birthday or two for luck.
    • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,
      «And we thought we’d make a nice birthday for him. He’s been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother,» said Peter, «and we agreed that next bun-day we’d ask you if we could.»
    • c. 1911, Cotton Mather, Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather, Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, page 1,
      It was his custom to begin a new year’s record on February 12, his birthday.
    • 1921 June 4, Birthday Honours — Companions of Honour, in The Times,
      The King’s Birthday, which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.
  2. The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
  3. The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
  4. A birthday party.

    I’d like to invite you all to my birthday.

Derived terms[edit]

  • birthday attack
  • birthday blues
  • birthday book
  • birthday boy
  • birthday bump
  • birthday cake
  • birthday card
  • birthday effect
  • birthday girl
  • birthday honour
  • birthday paradox
  • birthday problem
  • birthday suit
  • birthday suited
  • birthday suiter
  • birthday-suit
  • birthday-suited
  • half birthday
  • half-birthday
  • happy birthday
  • heavenly birthday
  • rebirthday
  • unbirthday

Translations[edit]

anniversary

  • Abenaki: piligadma
  • Afrikaans: verjaarsdag (af)
  • Alabama: innìhta
  • Albanian: ditëlindje (sq) f
  • Amharic: ልደታ (lədäta), ልደት (lədät)
  • Arabic: عِيد مِيلَاد‎ m (ʕīd mīlād)
    Egyptian Arabic: عيد ميلاد‎ m (ʿīd melad)
  • Armenian: ծննդյան օր (cnndyan ōr), ծնունդ (hy) (cnund)
  • Asturian: cumpleaños m
  • Azerbaijani: doğum günü, ad günü
  • Bambara: sanyɛlɛma
  • Bashkir: тыуған көн (tıwğan kön)
  • Basque: urtebetetze, urtemuga, egun (eu)
  • Belarusian: дзень нараджэ́ння m (dzjenʹ naradžénnja)
  • Bengali: জন্মদিন (bn) (jônmôdin)
  • Bislama: betde
  • Breton: deiz-ha-bloaz (br) m
  • Bulgarian: рожде́н ден m (roždén den)
  • Burmese: မွေးနေ့ (my) (mwe:ne.)
  • Buryat: түрэһэн үдэр (türehen üder)
  • Catalan: aniversari (ca) m, natalici (ca) m
  • Cebuano: adlawng natawhan
  • Chamicuro: ipenonasne watane
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 生日 (saang1 jat6), 生辰 (saang1 san4), 牛一 (ngau4 jat1) (slang)
    Dungan: сынжы (sɨnřɨ)
    Gan: 生日 (sen1 liit)
    Hakka: 生日 (sâng-ngit)
    Jin: 生日 (seng1 reh4)
    Mandarin: 生日 (zh) (shēngrì), 生辰 (zh) (shēngchén)
    Min Bei: 生日 (sáng-nì)
    Min Dong: 生日 (săng-nĭk)
    Min Nan: 生日 (zh-min-nan) (seⁿ-ji̍t, siⁿ-ji̍t, seng-ji̍t)
    Wu: 生日 (san nyiq)
    Xiang: 生日 (sen1 ri6)
  • Cornish: penn-bloodh m, pedn-bloodh m
  • Corsican: anniversariu m
  • Crimean Tatar: doğğan künü
  • Czech: narozeniny (cs) f pl
  • Danish: fødselsdag (da) c
  • Dolgan: төрөөбүт күн (törööbüt kün)
  • Dutch: verjaardag (nl) m
  • Edo: ẹ̀dúbíẹmwẹ̏
  • Esperanto: naskiĝotago, naskotago (eo), naskiĝtago (eo)
  • Estonian: sünnipäev (et)
  • Faroese: føðingardagur m
  • Fijian: sigaanisucu (fj), siganisucu
  • Finnish: syntymäpäivä (fi), (informal) synttärit (fi)
  • French: anniversaire (fr) m, (Canada) fête (fr) f
  • Friulian: natalizi m
  • Galician: aniversario (gl) m
  • Georgian: დაბადების დღე (dabadebis dɣe)
  • German: Geburtstag (de) m
    Silesian: Geburtstag m
  • Greek: γενέθλια (el) (genéthlia)
    Ancient: γενέθλιος f (genéthlios)
  • Gujarati: વરસ ગાનત (varas gānat)
  • Haitian Creole: anivèsè
  • Hawaiian: lā hānau
  • Hebrew: יום הולדת / יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת (he) m (yóm hulédet)
  • Hindi: जन्मदिन m (janmadin), सालगिरह (hi) f (sālgirah)
  • Hungarian: születésnap (hu)
  • Iban: hari pengada
  • Icelandic: afmælisdagur (is) m, fæðingardagur m
  • Ido: naskodio (io)
  • Igala: ọ́jọ́-úbí
  • Igbo: nchèta ọ̄mụmụ
  • Indonesian: ulang tahun (id)
  • Interlingua: die natal
  • Irish: lá breithe m, breithlá m
  • Italian: compleanno (it) m
  • Izon: zii-eréín, ziibaị́
  • Japanese: 誕生日 (ja) (たんじょうび, tanjōbi), バースデー (bāsudē), 生日 (ja) (せいじつ, seijitsu)
  • Jeju: 셍일날 (seng’illal)
  • Kannada: ಜನ್ಮದಿನ (kn) (janmadina)
  • Kapampangan: pangabayit
  • Karelian: roindupäivy
  • Kashmiri: زا دۄہ(zā dọh), ؤہرٕوود(wạhrụwōd), زایہِ دۄہ(zāyhi dọh)
  • Kazakh: туған күн (kk) (tuğan kün)
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃខួប (thngay khuəp)
  • Korean: 생일(生日) (ko) (saeng’il), 생신(生辰) (ko) (saengsin) (honorific)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: rojbûn (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: туулган күнү (tuulgan künü)
  • Ladino: aniversario m, kumpleanyos m
  • Lao: ມື້ເກີດ (mư̄ kœ̄t), ຊົນມະທິ (son ma thi), ວັນຄ້າຍວັນເກີດ (wan khāi wan kœ̄t), ວັນເກີດ (wan kœ̄t)
  • Latin: diēs nātālis f, nātālis (la) m
  • Latvian: dzimšanas diena m
  • Lithuanian: gimtadienis (lt) m
  • Low German:
    Dutch Low Saxon: verjaordag
    German Low German: Geboortsdag (nds) m
  • Luganda: amazalibwa
  • Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdag (lb) m
  • Lü: ᦞᧃᦵᦂᦲᧆᧉ (vank̇oed²)
  • Macedonian: роденден m (rodenden)
  • Malay: hari lahir (ms)
  • Malayalam: പിറന്നാൾ (ml) (piṟannāḷ), ജന്മദിനം (ml) (janmadinaṃ)
  • Maltese: għeluq snin
  • Manx: laa ruggyree m
  • Maori: rā huritau
  • Marathi: वाट दिवस (vāṭ divas)
  • Mari:
    Eastern Mari: шочмо кече (šočmo keče)
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: төрсөн өдөр (törsön ödör)
    Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ
    ᠡᠳᠦᠷ
    (törüɣsen edür)
  • Navajo: hoʼdizhchínę́ęjį́ anáyííłką́
  • Nepali: जन्मदिन (janmadina)
  • Norman: jour de naissànse m (Guernsey)
  • North Frisian: irrdäi
  • Northern Sami: riegádanbeaivi, šaddanbeaivi
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: bursdag (no) m, fødselsdag (no) m, gebursdag (no) m
    Nynorsk: bursdag (no) m, fødselsdag m, gebursdag m
  • Occitan: aniversari m
  • Okinawan: 生日 (っんまりびー, ‘nmaribī)
  • Old English: ġebyrddæġ m
  • Oriya: ଜନ୍ମଦିନ (jônmôdinô)
  • Pashto: please add this translation if you can
  • Persian: تولد (fa) (tavallod), زادروز (fa) (zâdruz)
  • Piedmontese: compleani m, compleann m
  • Polish: urodziny (pl) pl
  • Portuguese: aniversário (pt) m
  • Punjabi: ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਨ m (janma-din)
  • Quechua: wata junt’ay
  • Romanian: aniversare (ro), zi de naștere (ro)
  • Romansch: anniversari m
  • Russian: день рожде́ния (ru) m (denʹ roždénija), дню́ха (ru) f (dnjúxa) (slang)
  • Rusyn: народени́ны f pl (narodenýnŷ)
  • Rwanda-Rundi: isabukuru class 9/6
  • Samoan: asofānau
  • Sardinian: anniversariu m
  • Saterland Frisian: Gebuursdai m
  • Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m, là-breith m
  • Semai: jis yesnos
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ро̏ђенда̄н m
    Roman: rȍđendān (sh) m
  • Sinhalese: උපන් දිනය (upan dinaya)
  • Slovak: narodeniny (sk) f pl
  • Slovene: rojstni dan (sl) m
  • Sorbian:
    High Sorbian: narodniny
    Low Sorbian: narodny źeń m, narodniny (pluralia tantum)
  • Spanish: cumpleaños (es) m, natalicio (es) m
  • Sranan Tongo: friyaridei
  • Swahili: siku ya uzalishi
  • Swedish: födelsedag (sv) c
  • Tagalog: kaarawan
  • Tajik: рӯзи таваллуд (rüzi tavallud), таваллуд (tg) (tavallud), зодрӯз (zodrüz)
  • Tamil: பிறந்தநாள் (ta) (piṟantanāḷ)
  • Tatar: туган көн (tuğan kön)
  • Telugu: జన్మదినము (te) (janmadinamu)
  • Thai: วันเกิด (th) (wan-gə̀ət)
  • Tibetan: འཁྲུངས་སྐར (‘khrungs skar) (honorific), སྐྱེ་ཚེས (skye tshes), སྐྱེས་སྐར (skyes skar)
  • Tigrinya: ዕለተ ልደት (ʿəlätä lədät)
  • Turkish: doğum günü (tr)
  • Turkmen: doglan güni
  • Tuvan: төрүттүнген хүнү (törüttüngen xünü)
  • Ukrainian: день наро́дження m (denʹ naródžennja), уроди́ни pl (urodýny)
  • Urdu: سالگرہ‎ f (sālgirah)
  • Uyghur: تۇغۇلغان كۈن(tughulghan kün)
  • Uzbek: tugʻilan kun
  • Venetian: compleano m
  • Vietnamese: sinh nhật (vi) (生日)
  • Volapük: motedadel (vo)
  • Welsh: penblwydd m, pen-blwydd (cy) m
  • West Flemish: verjaardag
  • West Frisian: jierdei
  • White Hmong: hnub yug
  • Yakut: төрөөбүт күн (törööbüt kün)
  • Yiddish: געבוירן־טאָג‎ m (geboyrn-tog), געבורטסטאָג‎ m (geburtstog)
  • Yoruba: ọjọ́-ìbí
  • Zulu: usuku lokuzalwa (zu)

date of birth See also translations at date of birth

  • Armenian: ծննդյան օր (cnndyan ōr)
  • Bashkir: тыуған көн (tıwğan kön)
  • Bengali: জন্মদিন (bn) (jônmôdin)
  • Bulgarian: ден на ра́ждане m (den na ráždane), да́та на ра́ждане f (dáta na ráždane), рожде́на да́та f (roždéna dáta)
  • Burmese: မွေးနေ့ (my) (mwe:ne.)
  • Catalan: data de naixement
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 出生日期 (ceot1 sang1 jat6 kei4)
    Mandarin: 出生日期 (zh) (chūshēngrìqī)
  • Czech: narozeniny (cs) f pl
  • Danish: fødselsdag (da) c, fødselsdato (da) c
  • Dutch: geboortedag (nl) m, geboortedatum (nl) m
  • Estonian: sünnipäev (et)
  • Faroese: føðingardagur m
  • Finnish: syntymäaika (fi), synnyinpäivä, syntymäpäivä (fi)
  • French: date de naissance (fr) f
  • Georgian: დაბადების თარიღი (dabadebis tariɣi)
  • German: Geburtsdatum (de) n
  • Greek: ημερομηνία γεννήσεως f (imerominía genníseos)
  • Hungarian: születésnap (hu), születési idő (hu)
  • Icelandic: afmæli (is) n
  • Indonesian: hari lahir (id)
  • Italian: data di nascita f
  • Japanese: 生年月日 (ja) (せいねんがっぴ, seinengappi)
  • Korean: 생년월일(生年月日) (ko) (saengnyeonworil)
  • Kyrgyz: чыккан күн (çıkkan kün) туулган күн (ky) (tuulgan kün)
  • Latin: natalis (la) f, natalis (la) m
  • Latvian: dzimšanas datums m
  • Low German:
    German Low German: Geboortsdatum n
  • Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdatum m
  • Macedonian: датум на раѓање m (datum na raǵanje)
  • Malayalam: ജനനത്തീയതി (jananattīyati)
  • Maltese: data ta’ twelied f
  • Maori: rā whānau
  • North Frisian: iirdäi
  • Norwegian: fødselsdag (no) m
  • Persian: تاریخ تولد(târix-e tavallod)
  • Polish: data urodzenia f
  • Portuguese: data de nascimento f
  • Romansch: di da naschientscha m, natalizi m
  • Russian: да́та рожде́ния f (dáta roždénija), день рожде́ния (ru) m (denʹ roždénija)
  • Rusyn: народени́ны f pl (narodenýnŷ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m, là-breith m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: дан рођења m, датум рођења m
    Roman: dan rođenja m, datum rođenja m
  • Shor: шыққан кӱн
  • Southern Altai: чыккан кӱн (čïkkan kün), туулан кӱн (tuulan kün)
  • Spanish: fecha de nacimiento f
  • Swedish: födelsedag (sv) c, födelsedatum (sv) n
  • Tagalog: kaarawan
  • Tibetan: སྐྱེས་སྐར (skyes skar)
  • Turkish: doğum tarihi (tr)
  • Ukrainian: да́та наро́дження m (dáta naródžennja), день наро́дження m (denʹ naródžennja)
  • Urdu: تاریخِ پیدائش(tārīx-i pedā’iś), جنم دن‎ m (janm din), یومِ پیدائش(yom-i pedā’iś), یومِ ولادت(yaum-e-wilādat)
  • Vietnamese: ngày sinh (vi), ngày sinh tháng đẻ, ngày sanh
  • White Hmong: hnub yug

Verb[edit]

birthday (third-person singular simple present birthdays, present participle birthdaying, simple past and past participle birthdayed)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To celebrate one’s birthday.

See also[edit]

  • deathday
  • name day

Anagrams[edit]

  • tharybid

frangible china teacups that were totally inappropriate for a child’s birthday party — хрупкие фарфоровые чашки, которые совершенно не годились для дня рождения ребёнка  
on the occasion of his 60th birthday — по случаю его 60-летия  
a huge birthday bash that promises to be a lollapalooza of a party — огромная вечеринка по случаю дня рождения, которая обещает быть чем-то грандиозным  
birthday gift — подарок ко дню рождения  
age at the last birthday — полное число лет  
keep one’s birthday — справлять день рождения  
remember a child on its birthday — послать ребёнку подарок ко дню рождения  
eightieth birthday — восьмидесятилетие  
twentieth birthday — двадцатилетие  
twenty-fifth birthday — двадцатипятилетие  
second birthday — двухлетие  
sixtieth birthday — шестидесятилетие  

Happy birthday!

(поздравляю) с днём рождения!

It’s my birthday today.

Сегодня мой день рождения.

My birthday falls on Sunday.

Мой день рождения попадает на воскресенье.

I quite forgot your birthday.

Я совсем забыла о твоём дне рождения.

What can I give you for your birthday?

Что тебе подарить на день рождения?

Happy Birthday, Michael!

С Днём Рождения, Майкл!

Today is my birthday!

Сегодня мой день рождения!

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Her birthday is September 30th.

I have to frost the birthday cake.

He gave her some ice for her birthday.

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1

a

: the day of a person’s birth

2

: an anniversary of a birth

Example Sentences



Her birthday is September 30th.



Today is his 21st birthday.



The company just celebrated its 50th birthday.

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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My dad bought me a dartboard for my 11th birthday, and I became intrigued by the game.

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIRTHDAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIRTHDAY

Birthday is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIRTHDAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Birthday

A birthday is a day that comes once a year 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. Many religions celebrate the birth of their founders with special holidays. Note the distinction between birthday and birthdate: The former occurs each year, while the latter is the exact date a person was born.


Definition of birthday in the English dictionary

The first definition of birthday in the dictionary is an anniversary of the day of one’s birth. Other definition of birthday is the day on which a person was born. Birthday is also any anniversary.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIRTHDAY

Synonyms and antonyms of birthday in the English dictionary of synonyms

Translation of «birthday» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIRTHDAY

Find out the translation of birthday to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of birthday from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «birthday» in English.

Translator English — Chinese


生日

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish


cumpleaños

570 millions of speakers

English


birthday

510 millions of speakers

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जन्मदिन

380 millions of speakers

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عِيد الـمِيلاد

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian


день рождения

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese


aniversário

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali


জন্মদিন

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French


anniversaire

220 millions of speakers

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Hari jadi

190 millions of speakers

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Geburtstag

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese


誕生日

130 millions of speakers

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생일

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese


Ulang taun

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese


ngày sinh nhật

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil


பிறந்த நாள்

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi


वाढदिवस

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish


doğum günü

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian


compleanno

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish


urodziny

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian


день народження

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian


zi de naștere

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek


γενέθλια

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans


verjaarsdag

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish


födelsedag

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian


fødselsdag

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of birthday

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIRTHDAY»

The term «birthday» is very widely used and occupies the 2.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY

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Principal search tendencies and common uses of birthday

List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «birthday».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIRTHDAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «birthday» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «birthday» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about birthday

10 QUOTES WITH «BIRTHDAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word birthday.

Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn’t support me, so I am living her dream, it’s sweeter for both of us. It’s her 40th birthday soon and I’m going to buy her 40 presents.

I’ve died so many times. I’m 65. On my 40th birthday, my girlfriend gave me a reel with ways I had died, whether it was by knife, or electrocution or drowning or being thrown off a building or whatever it might have been. I’ve died a lot of times!

I’ve looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.

I’m not a big birthday guy; I never have been.

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.

I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

I have an extensive library — every birthday when I was a kid my parents would ask what movie or book I wanted, so I have built up a big collection over the years.

My dad bought me a dartboard for my 11th birthday, and I became intrigued by the game.

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.

We didn’t have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIRTHDAY»

Discover the use of birthday in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to birthday and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

1

Your Birthday Book: A Keepsake Journal

This journal provides fun, fast, and casual birthday activities for ages 1-18 as well as space to stick birthday photos and a random picture from each year, amusing and thought-provoking questions to ask your kid and a time-capsule envelope …

Amy K., Amy Krouse Rosenthal, 2007

Describes a birthday celebration in Katroo presided over by the Birthday Bird.

3

Fortune-Telling Birthday Book

Harkening back to the 1930s, the nostalgic illustrations in the Fortune-Telling Birthday Book accompany a perennial calendar for you to keep track of (and interpret) the birthdays of your friends and family.

The «Sadako» story goes into the depths of both Sadako’s death and her rebirth. Slowly, the details of how The Ring truly works are trickling out into the daylight.

Koji Suzuki, Sakura Mizuki, 2004

5

The Secret Birthday Message

It is Tim’s birthday. Instead of a package, Tim gets a mysterious letter — written in code! Tim — and the reader — are off, following the clues. And at the end of the treasure hunt is a wonderful birthday surprise!

Birthday achieves an intensely comic counterpoint to teh visceral domestic drama sutured to bigger issues of aspiration, sacrifice, who we are, how we communicate, the triumph of tolerance, nature and ultimately love.

7

Birthday: Words by John Lennon & Paul Mccartney

Experience the Beatles and the song «Birthday» like never before. A fun birthday book for kids of all ages. Relive memories of yesterday or create memories for a new generation of Beatles’ fans. Enjoy singing the book to someone special.

8

My First 18 Years: A Birthday Journal

This book celebrates the milestones, accomplishments, friends and family, likes and dislikes, and dreams of growing up. Parents will love this book when they have a new baby, and children will love filling it out as they get older.

Basis of the Hit MovieRing 0: Birthday! Birthday isRing-master Koji Suzuki’s return to theRinguniverse, a collection of short stories focusing on the female characters with a theme of birth.

10

Colorstrology: What Your Birthday Color Says about You

Cleverly packaged with 32 pages of perforated colour chips, this new genre of metaphysical fun will bridge the consumer gap between the house-proud urbanite and the barefoot spiritualist.Colorstrology, the company, is rolling out an entire …

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIRTHDAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term birthday is used in the context of the following news items.

‘Riley the birthday dog’ used by North Korea as evidence of western …

North Korea’s state-run KCTV network has used the popular “birthday dog” meme that swept the internet in 2010 to criticise America and its … «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Photos: Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 80th Birthday

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader celebrated his 80th birthday at the Global Compassion Summit in California on Monday. Others around the … «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Happy Birthday MSD: The 34th Year That Gave MS Dhoni the Best …

The years of having his face painted by a birthday cake and opening champagne bottles may well be over. MS Dhoni though can hardly … «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»

Happy Birthday MS Dhoni: Mahi’s first birthday after becoming father

India ODI captain MS Dhoni turns 34 on Tuesday. The captain with the Midas Touch had an eventful last year where he retired from Test cricket, … «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

Twitter wants to know your birthday so it can give you e-balloons …

Have a birthday coming up? Twitter wants to help you celebrate. If you edit your Twitter profile to include your birth date, your profile will look … «The Next Web, Jul 15»

9-Year-Old Boy Dies From Beating Over Birthday Cake

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — Investigators say he was handcuffed and beaten for taking a slice of birthday cake without permission. Now a … «CBS Local, Jul 15»

Eiji Tsuburaya’s 114th birthday: Monster movie pioneer honoured in …

Google has released Wednesday’s Google Doodle, an interactive game on their homepage that honours the 114th birthday of late special … «The Independent, Jul 15»

Roanoke boy’s birthday party goes viral, family feels «Reddit Hug»

Camden’s 10th birthday was July 6 and Wayne said Camden started talking about a water balloon fight months before. Camden wanted a big … «WDBJ7, Jul 15»

Happy Birthday Ranveer Singh! Here are the various ‘looks’ of the …

Ranveer Singh turned 30 on Monday and we can’t imagine Bollywood without him, can we? Be it his boyish smile, hair falling over his face, … «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Amazon marks 20th birthday with own ‘Black Friday’

Online shoppers get ready to spend, spend, spend, for Black Friday is coming early this year as part of Amazon’s 20th birthday celebrations. «CNBC, Jul 15»

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