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birth·day
(bûrth′dā′)n.
1. The day of one's birth.
2. The anniversary of one's birth.
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birthday
(ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ)n
1.
a. an anniversary of the day of one's birth
b. (as modifier): birthday present.
2. the day on which a person was born
3. any anniversary
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birth•day
(ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ)n.
1. the anniversary of a birth.
2. the day of a person's birth.
3. a day commemorating the founding or beginning of something.
[1350–1400]
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anniversary
birthday1. 'anniversary'
An anniversary is a date when you remember something special that happened on that date in an earlier year.
It's our wedding anniversary today.
They celebrated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.
2. 'birthday'
Don't refer to the anniversary of the date when you were born as your 'anniversary'. You call it your birthday.
On my twelfth birthday I received a letter from my father.
It was 10 December, my daughter's birthday.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() anniversary, day of remembrance - the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) |
2. | ![]() date, day of the month - the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" |
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Translations
عِيد الـمِيلادعيدُ ميلاد الشَّخص
narozeniny
fødselsdag
syntymäpäivä
rođendan
születésnap
afmælisdagur
誕生日
생일
narodeniny
rojstni dan
födelsedag
วันเกิด
ngày sinh nhật
birthday
[ˈbɜːθdeɪ]A. N [of person] → cumpleaños m inv; [of event etc] → aniversario m
on my 21st birthday → el día en que cumplo/cumplí 21 años
happy birthday! → ¡feliz cumpleaños!
on my 21st birthday → el día en que cumplo/cumplí 21 años
happy birthday! → ¡feliz cumpleaños!
B. CPD birthday cake N → tarta f de cumpleaños
birthday card N → tarjeta f de cumpleaños
birthday party N → fiesta f de cumpleaños
birthday present N → regalo m de cumpleaños
birthday suit N in one's birthday suit (hum) → en cueros
birthday card N → tarjeta f de cumpleaños
birthday party N → fiesta f de cumpleaños
birthday present N → regalo m de cumpleaños
birthday suit N in one's birthday suit (hum) → en cueros
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
birthday
[ˈbɜːrθdi ˈbɜːrθdeɪ] modif [celebration, greetings] → d'anniversairebirthday bash n (= birthday party) → fête f d'anniv birthday boy n → principal intéressé mbirthday cake n → gâteau m d'anniversairebirthday card n → carte f d'anniversairebirthday girl n → principale intéressée fbirthday party n → fête f d'anniversaire
to have a birthday party → faire une fête pour son anniversairebirthday present n → cadeau m d'anniversairebirthday suit n
in one's birthday suit (= naked) [man] → en costume d'Adam ; [woman] → en costume d'Ève birth defect n → anomalie f congénitale
to have a birthday party → faire une fête pour son anniversairebirthday present n → cadeau m d'anniversairebirthday suit n
in one's birthday suit (= naked) [man] → en costume d'Adam ; [woman] → en costume d'Ève birth defect n → anomalie f congénitale
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
birthday
n → Geburtstag m; what did you get for your birthday? → was hast du zum Geburtstag bekommen?; birthday celebrations → Geburtstagsfeierlichkeiten pl; on my birthday → an meinem Geburtstag ? happy
birthday
:birthday cake
n → Geburtstagskuchen m → or -torte f
birthday card
n → Geburtstagskarte f
Birthday honours
pl (Brit) → Titel- und Ordensverleihungen pl (am offiziellen Geburtstag des britischen Monarchen)
birthday party
birthday present
n → Geburtstagsgeschenk nt
birthday suit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
birthday
[ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ]1. n → compleanno
2. adj (present, party, cake) → del or di compleanno
in my/his birthday suit (fam) → come mamma m'ha/l'ha fatto
in my/his birthday suit (fam) → come mamma m'ha/l'ha fatto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
birth
(bəːθ) noun1. (an) act of coming into the world, being born. the birth of her son; deaf since birth.
2. the beginning. the birth of civilization.
birth control prevention of the conception of children.
ˈbirthday noun the anniversary of the day on which a person was born. Today is his birthday; (also adjective) a birthday party.
ˈbirthmark noun a permanent mark on the skin at or from birth. She has a red birthmark on her face.
ˈbirthplace noun the place where a person etc was born. Shakespeare's birthplace.
ˈbirthrate noun the number of births per head of population over a given period.
give birth (to) (of a mother) to produce (a baby) from the womb. She has given birth to two sets of twins.
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birthday
→ عِيد الـمِيلاد narozeniny fødselsdag Geburtstag γενέθλια cumpleaños syntymäpäivä anniversaire rođendan compleanno 誕生日 생일 verjaardag fødselsdag urodziny aniversário день рождения födelsedag วันเกิด doğum günü ngày sinh nhật 生日Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
birthday
n. cumpleaños, natalicio.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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birthday
n cumpleaños m; Happy birthday!..¡Feliz cumpleaños!English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.