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Meaning of birthday | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ˈbɜːθ.deɪ

Definitions

  1. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
  2. prevention of the conception of children. geboortebeperking تَحْديد النَّسل мерки за ограничаване на раждаемостта controle da natalidade antikoncepční politika, regulace porodnosti die Geburtenregelung børnebegrænsning; prævention αντισύλληψηcontrol de natalidad raseduse vältimine تنظیم خانواده ehkäisy limitation/contrôle des naissances מְנִיעַת הֶרָיוֹן जनन नियंत्रण kontrola začeća születésszabályozás pembatasan kelahiran getnaðarvarnir controllo delle nascite 産児制限 산아 제한 gimdymų reguliavimas...
  3. The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
  4. the anniversary of the day on which a person was born. Today is his birthday; (also adjective) a birthday party. verjaardag عيدُ ميلاد الشَّخص рожден ден aniversário narozeniny der Geburtstag;Geburtstags... fødselsdag γενέθλιαcumpleaños sünnipäev روز تولد syntymäpäivä anniversaire יוֹם הוּלֶדֶת जन्मदिन rođendan születésnap hari ulang tahun afmælisdagur compleanno, di compleanno 誕生日 생일 gimtadienis dzimšanas diena; dzimšanas dienas- menyambut hari jadi verjaardagfødselsdagurodzinyaniversário zi...
    also adjective
  5. The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
  6. a permanent mark on the skin at or from birth. She has a red birthmark on her face. moedervlek وحْـمـه، شامَه белег/петно по кожата от рождение sinal de nascença mateřské znaménko das Muttermal modermærke εκ γενετής σημάδι marca de nacimiento sünnimärk لکۀ مادرزادی syntymämerkki tache de vin כֶּתֶם לֵידָה जन्म चिह्न znamenka anyajegy tanda lahir fæðingarblettur voglia あざ 모반(母斑) apgamas dzimumzīme tanda lahir moedervlekføflekk znamię sinal de nascença semn din naştere родинка; родимое пятно ma...
  7. A birthday party.
  8. the place where a person etc was born. Shakespeare's birthplace. geboorteplek مَسْقِطُ رأْس، مكانُ وِلادَة الشَّخص родно място terra natal rodiště der Geburtsort fødested τόπος γέννησης, γενέτειραlugar de nacimiento sünnipaik زادگاه syntymäpaikka lieu de naissance מֵקוֹם לֵידָה जन्म-स्थान rodno mjesto születési hely tempat lahir fæðingarstaður luogo di nascita 出生地 출생지 gimimo vieta dzimšanas vieta tempat kelahiran geboorteplaatsfødestedmiejsce urodzeniaterra natal locul naşterii место рождения...
    etc
  9. the number of births per head of population over a given period. geboortesyfer نسبة نِسْبَةُ المَوليد раждаемост índice de natalidade porodnost die Geburtenrate børnetal; fødselshyppighed γεννητικότητα tasa de natalidad sündimus میزان موالید syntyvyys natalité שִׁעוּר יְלוָּדה , שִׁיעוּר יְלוָּדה जन्म-दर stopa nataliteta születési arány(szám) angka kelahiran fæðingartala/-tíðni tasso di natalità 出生率 출생률 gimimų vidurkis dzimstība angka kelahiran geboortecijferfødselshyppighet przyrost naturaln...
  10. (of a mother) to produce (a baby) from the womb. She has given birth to two sets of twins. geboorte skenk تَلِدُ (المَرأَه) раждам dar à luz porodit zur Welt bringen føde; nedkomme; bringe til verden γεννώdar a luz, parir; dar lugar a, ser el origen de sünnitama زاییدن synnyttää donner naissance לָלֶדֶת बच्चा जनना roditi szül melahirkan ala, fæða dare alla luce 生む …을 낳다 pagimdyti dzemdēt mengandungkan ter wereld brengenføde, nedkomme, bringe til verdenurodzić زیږیدنه dar à luz a naşte, a da n...
  11. cumpleaños, natalicio.
  12. The day of one's birth.
  13. The anniversary of one's birth.
  14. an anniversary of the day of one's birth

Equivalents

বাংলা জন্মদিন
Ελληνικά γενέθλια
Eesti sünnipäev
Français date de naissance
Magyar születésnap
Íslenska afmæli
Italiano data di nascita
Latina natalis
മലയാളം ജനനത്തീയതി
မြန်မာဘာသာ မွေးနေ့
Português data de nascimento
Tagalog kaarawan

Examples

“When's your birthday? Mine's on April 1.”
“I'll be thirty-seven (years old) next birthday.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'd like to invite you all to my birthday.”

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