Phrase guide

birthday party

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A party held to celebrate a person's birthday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a party held on the anniversary of someone's birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: party

History

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَفْلَة عِيد مِيلَاد (ḥaflat ʕīd mīlād) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Armenian: ծնունդ (cnund) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Catalan: festa d'aniversari — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生日會 /生日会 — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生日宴會 /生日宴会 (shēngrì yànhuì) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生日聚會 /生日聚会 (shēngrì jùhuì) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生日派對 /生日派对 (shēngrì pàiduì) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生日會 /生日会 (shēngrìhuì) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Danish: fødselsdagsfest — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Dutch: verjaardagsfeest — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Dutch: verjaarsfeest — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Estonian: sünnipäevapidu — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Finnish: syntymäpäiväjuhla — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Finnish: syntymäpäiväkutsut — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Finnish: synttärit — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • French: fête d'anniversaire — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Georgian: დაბადების დღე (dabadebis dɣe) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Georgian: დაბადების დღის წვეულება (dabadebis dɣis c̣veuleba) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • German: Geburtstagsfeier — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • German: Geburtstagsparty — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • German: Geburtstagsfest — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Greek: πάρτι γενεθλίων (párti genethlíon) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Ancient Greek: γενέθλια (genéthlia) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Hindi: जन्मोत्सव (janmotsav) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Hungarian: szülinapi zsúr — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Icelandic: afmælisveisla — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Indonesian: pesta ulang tahun — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Italian: festa di compleanno — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Japanese: 誕生会 (tanjōkai) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Japanese: 誕生日パーティー (tanjōbi pātī) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Japanese: 誕生日会 (tanjōbikai) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Korean: 생일파티 (saeng'ilpati) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Korean: 생일잔치 (saeng'iljanchi) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Latin: nātālicia — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Limburgish: gebaorsfieës — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Limburgish: gebaordjefieës — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Manx: giense ruggyree — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Norwegian: bursdagsfest — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Norwegian: bursdagsselskap — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Polish: urodziny — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Polish: przyjęcie urodzinowe — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Portuguese: festa de aniversário — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Romanian: petrecere aniversară — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Russian: день рожде́ния (denʹ roždénija) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Russian: имени́ны (imeníny) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Spanish: fiesta de cumpleaños — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Swedish: födelsedagsfest — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Swedish: födelsedagsfirande — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Swedish: födelsedagskalas — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Swedish: födelsedagsparty — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Tamil: பிறந்த நாள் விருந்து (piṟanta nāḷ viruntu) — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Turkish: doğum günü partisi — a party held to celebrate a birthday
  • Vietnamese: sinh nhật — a party held to celebrate a birthday