Phrase guide

birthday cake

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cake, dessert, food

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, attributive, countable, often, specifically, uncountable

Examples

  • Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays.

A kind of buttery, frosted, vanilla cake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, attributive, countable, often, specifically, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays.

Confetti cake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, attributive, countable, often, specifically, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

decorated cake served at a birthday party

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cake

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَعْكَة عِيد مِيلَاد (kaʕkat ʕīd mīlād) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Burmese: မွေးနေ့ကိတ်မုန့် (mwe:ne.kitmun.) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Burmese: မွေးနေ့ကိတ် (mwe:ne.kit) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生日蛋糕 (saang1 jat6 daan6 gou1) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生日蛋糕 (shēngrì dàngāo) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Cornish: tesen benn-bloodh — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Danish: fødselsdagskage — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Dutch: verjaardagstaart — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Dutch: verjaarstaart — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Estonian: sünnipäevatort — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Finnish: syntymäpäiväkakku — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • French: gâteau d'anniversaire — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • French: gâteau de fête — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Georgian: დაბადების დღის ტორტი (dabadebis dɣis ṭorṭi) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Georgian: საიუბილეო ტორტი (saiubileo ṭorṭi) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Georgian: სადაბადებისდღეო ტორტი (sadabadebisdɣeo ṭorṭi) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • German: Geburtstagskuchen — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Greek: τούρτα γενεθλίων (toúrta genethlíon) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Hebrew: עוגת יום הולדת \ עוּגַת יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת ('ugát yom hulédet) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Hungarian: születésnapi torta — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Hungarian: szülinapi torta — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Indonesian: kue ulang tahun — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Italian: torta di compleanno — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Japanese: 誕生日ケーキ (tanjōbi kēki) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Japanese: バースデーケーキ (bāsudē kēki) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Korean: 생일 케이크 (saeng'il keikeu) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Latin: lībum nātāle — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Malay: kek hari jadi — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Maltese: kejk t’għeluq sninek — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Manx: berreen ruggyree — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bursdagskake — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bursdagskake — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Persian: کیک تولد (keyk-e tavallod) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Polish: tort urodzinowy — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Portuguese: bolo de aniversário — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Romanian: tort aniversar — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Russian: то́рт ко дню рожде́ния (tórt ko dnju roždénija) — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Spanish: tarta de cumpleaños — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Spanish: pastel de cumpleaños — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Spanish: torta de cumpleaños — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Swedish: födelsedagstårta — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Turkish: doğum günü pastası — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Vietnamese: bánh sinh nhật — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Vietnamese: bánh kem — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Welsh: cacen benblwydd — a cake made to celebrate a birthday
  • Welsh: teisen benblwydd — a cake made to celebrate a birthday