Phrase guide

birthday suit

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Nakedness, unclothed skin; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, idiomatic, often

Examples

  • George embarrassed his aunt by answering the door in his birthday suit.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see birthday, suit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

informal terms for nakedness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in the raw
  • in the altogether
  • in his birthday suit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raw, altogether

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nakedness, nudity, nudeness

History

Etymology

From the lack of clothes worn when one is born.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: Ада́мово облекло́ (Adámovo oblekló) — nakedness
  • Catalan: vestit d'Adam — nakedness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一絲不掛 /一丝不挂 (yīsībùguà) — nakedness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赤條條地 /赤条条地 (chìtiáotiáo de) — nakedness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赤身裸体 — nakedness
  • Danish: adamskostume — nakedness
  • Danish: evakostume — nakedness
  • Dutch: adamskostuum — nakedness
  • Dutch: evakostuum — nakedness
  • Dutch: paradijskostuum — nakedness
  • Finnish: syntymäasu — nakedness
  • Finnish: aataminasu — nakedness
  • Finnish: aataminpuku — nakedness
  • French: tenue d’Adam — nakedness
  • French: tenue d’Ève — nakedness
  • French: dans le plus simple appareil — nakedness
  • French: dans son plus simple appareil — nakedness
  • German: Adamskostüm — nakedness
  • German: Evakostüm — nakedness
  • German: wie Gott ihn/sie schuf — nakedness
  • Greek: αδαμιαία περιβολή (adamiaía perivolí) — nakedness
  • Hebrew: עָרֹם כִּבְיוֹם הִוָּלְדוֹ ('aróm kivyóm hivaldó) — nakedness
  • Hebrew: בִּלְבוּשׁ חַוָּה (bilvúsh ḥavá) — nakedness
  • Hungarian: ádámkosztüm — nakedness
  • Japanese: 素っ裸 (suppadaka) — nakedness
  • Korean: 나체 (nache) — nakedness
  • Lithuanian: Adomo kostiumas — nakedness
  • Lithuanian: Ievos kostiumas — nakedness
  • Malay: bogel — nakedness
  • Malay: telanjang — nakedness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Adams drakt — nakedness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Evas drakt — nakedness
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Adams drakt — nakedness
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Evas drakt — nakedness
  • Persian: لخت مادرزاد (loxt-e mâdarzâd) — nakedness
  • Polish: strój Adama — nakedness
  • Portuguese: in one’s birthday suit: como veio ao mundo — nakedness
  • Romanian: costumul lui Adam — nakedness
  • Russian: костю́м Ада́ма (kostjúm Adáma) — nakedness
  • Russian: костю́м Е́вы (kostjúm Jévy) — nakedness
  • Russian: to be in one’s birthday suit: в чём мать родила́ (v čom matʹ rodilá) — nakedness
  • Swedish: adamsdräkt — nakedness
  • Thai: ชุดวันเกิด — nakedness