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birthday

Pronunciation: /ˈbəːθdeɪ/

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Definition of birthday

noun

  • the anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts: his twenty-ninth birthday [as modifier]:a birthday cake
  • the day of a person’s birth:he shares a birthday with Rod Stewart
  • the anniversary of something’s origin or foundation:the seventy-fifth birthday of the Institute

Phrases

in one's birthday suit

humorous naked.

birthday in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of birthday in the US English dictionary