birthday
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
birthday (plural birthdays)
- The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]
- 1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
- 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."
- circa 1911 Cotton Mather, Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather, Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, [http://books.google.com/books?id=i0M-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%22birthday|birthdays%22&hl=en&ei=1exYTre8OayHmQXxqdyjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22birthday|birthdays%22&f=false 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.
- 1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
- The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
- The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
- French: anniversaire, (Canada) fête
- German: Geburtstag
- Italian: compleanno
- Portuguese: aniversário
- Russian: день рожде́ния
- Spanish: cumpleaños, natalicio
- French: date de naissance
- German: Geburtsdatum
- Italian: data di nascita
- Portuguese: data de nascimento
- Russian: да́та рожде́ния
- Spanish: fecha de nacimiento
birthday (birthdays, present participle birthdaying; past and past participle birthdayed)
- (intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.
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