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birth certificate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An official document certifying the details of an individual's birth, indicating the name, date, and parents' names, and details such as parents' occupation and religion.

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noun

Meaning 2

a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: certificate, certification, credential, credentials

History

Etymology

From birth + certificate.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geboortesertifikaat — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Albanian: certifikatë e lindjes — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Arabic: شَهَادَةُ مِيلَاد (šahādatu mīlād) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Armenian: ծննդյան վկայական (cnndyan vkayakan) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Azerbaijani: doğum şəhadətnaməsi — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Belarusian: пасве́дчанне аб нараджэ́нні (pasvjédčannje ab naradžénni) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Belarusian: пасьве́дчаньне аб нараджэ́ньні (pasʹvjédčanʹnje ab naradžénʹni) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Bengali: জন্ম নিবন্ধন (jonmo nibondhon) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Bulgarian: акт за ра́ждане (akt za ráždane) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Bulgarian: свиде́телство за ра́ждане (svidételstvo za ráždane) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Burmese: မွေးလက်မှတ် (mwe:lakhmat) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Catalan: certificat de naixement — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 出世紙 /出世纸 (ceot1 sai3 zi2) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出生證 /出生证 (chūshēngzhèng) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出生證明書 /出生证明书 (chūshēng zhèngmíngshū) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Cornish: testskrif genesigeth — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Czech: rodný list — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Danish: fødselsattest — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Dutch: geboorteakte — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Dutch: geboortebewijs — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Erzya: чачомань коряс свидетельства (čačomań koŕas svideteľstva) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Erzya: чачомань кемекстамо конёв (čačomań kemekstamo końov) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Estonian: sünnitunnistus — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Faroese: føðibræv — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Finnish: syntymätodistus — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • French: acte de naissance — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Georgian: დაბადების მოწმობა (dabadebis moc̣moba) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • German: Geburtsurkunde — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • German: Geburtsschein — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Greek: πιστοποιητικό γεννήσεως (pistopoiitikó genníseos) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Gujarati: જન્મ પ્રમાણપત્ર (janma pramāṇpatra) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Gujarati: જન્મનું પ્રમાણપત્ર (janmanũ pramāṇpatra) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Hebrew: תעודת לידה (t'udát leydá) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Hindi: जन्म प्रमाणपत्र (janma pramāṇpatra) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Hungarian: születési anyakönyvi kivonat — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Icelandic: fæðingarvottorð — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Indonesian: akta kelahiran — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Irish: teastas breithe — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Italian: certificato di nascita — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Italian: atto di nascita — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Japanese: 出生証明書 (shussei shōmeisho) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Kazakh: туу туралы куәлік (tuu turaly kuälık) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Khmer: បញ្ជីជាតិ (bɑɑbɑñcii ciət) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Korean: 출생 증명서 (chulsaeng jeungmyeongseo) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Kyrgyz: туулгандыгы тууралуу күбөлүк (tuulgandıgı tuuraluu kübölük) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Lao: ໃບຊາຕາ (bai sā tā) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Lao: ຊາຕາ (sā tā) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Latvian: dzimšanas apliecība — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Lithuanian: gimimo liudijimas — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Macedonian: свидетелство за раѓање (svidetelstvo za raǵanje) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Macedonian: извод од матичната книга на родените (izvod od matičnata kniga na rodenite) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Malay: sijil kelahiran — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Maltese: ċertifikat tat-twelid — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Moksha: шачемань колга свидетельства (šačemań kolga svideteľstva) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Mongolian: төрсний гэрчилгээ (törsnii gerčilgee) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Norman: bâptistaithe — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fødselsattest — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fødselsattest — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Iranian Persian: گُواهیِ تَوَلُّد (govâhi-ye tavallod) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Iranian Persian: گُواهیِ وِلادَت (govâhi-ye velâdat) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Polish: akt urodzenia — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Portuguese: certidão de nascimento — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Romanian: certificat de naștere — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Russian: свиде́тельство о рожде́нии (svidételʹstvo o roždénii) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: родни лист — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: rodni list — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Slovak: rodný list — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Slovene: rojstni list — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Somali: shahaadada dhalashada — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Somali: warqadda dhalashada — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Spanish: certificado de nacimiento — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Spanish: partida de nacimiento — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Spanish: acta de nacimiento — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Swahili: cheti cha kuzaliwa — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Swedish: födelseattest — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Tajik: шаҳодатномаи таваллуд (šahodatnoma-yi tavallud) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Telugu: జన్మ ధ్రువపత్రం (janma dhruvapatraṁ) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Thai: สูติบัตร (sǔu-dtì-bàt) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Turkish: doğum belgesi — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Ukrainian: свідо́цтво про наро́дження (svidóctvo pro naródžennja) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Urdu: سَنَدِ وِلادَت (sanad-i vilādat) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Uyghur: تۇغۇلۇش ئىسپاتى (tughulush ispati) — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Uzbek: tugʻilganlik haqida guvohnoma — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Vietnamese: giấy khai sinh — official document certifying the details of a person's birth
  • Volapük: motedazöt — official document certifying the details of a person's birth