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- [burth-dey]
- /ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ/
- /ˈbɜːθdeɪ/
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- [burth-dey]
- /ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ/
Definitions of birthday word
- countable noun birthday Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born. 3
- noun birthday an anniversary of the day of one's birth 3
- noun birthday (as modifier) 3
- noun birthday the day on which a person was born 3
- noun birthday any anniversary 3
- noun birthday the day of a person's birth or a thing's beginning 3
Information block about the term
Origin of birthday
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at birth, day
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Birthday
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
birthday popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
birthday usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for birthday
noun birthday
- name day — the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.
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See also
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