birthday
/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
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Translation
The day each year when you remember the day a person was born.
Word origin
From birth plus day, meaning the day of a person's birth.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- gebyrd
Grammar
Gender
Pluralbirthdays
Examples
June.
"Birthday" is the special day each year for one person.
.
"Birthdays" is the plural, meaning more than one birthday.
.
Here "birthday" is the day she was celebrating.
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