birthday

Noun
US[burth-dey]/ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/2 syllables
Synonyms: natal day

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)birthdays

  1. an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)Type of anniversary, day of remembrance
  2. the date on which a person was bornSynonyms: natal dayType of date, day of the month
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Birth′day′ (bẽrth′dā′), noun

1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.

Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention.— William Cowper

2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.

This is my birthday; as this very day Was Cassius born.— William Shakespeare
Birth′day′ adjective

Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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