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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæp.i ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈhæp.i ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/

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Interjection

happy birthday

1. Said or written to a person who is celebrating their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday") Synonyms: many happy returns, many happy returns of the day Happy birthday, Joe! Have a fantastic day!

Derived terms

• belated happy birthday
• happy belated birthday
• happy birthday in heaven

Translations

good wishes for a birthday

Afrikaans: gelukkige verjaarsdag, lekker verjaar Albanian: gëzuar ditëlindjen Amharic: መልካም ልደት (mälkam lədät) Arabic: كُلُّ عَامٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِخَيْرٍ (ar) (kullu ʕāmin wa-ʔantum bi-ḵayrin), عِيد مِيلَاد سَعِيد (ʕīd mīlād saʕīd), سَنَة حُلْوَة (sana ḥulwa) Egyptian Arabic: كل سنة وانت طيب (kulli sina wi-inta ṭayyib) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܐܕܐ ܕܡܘܠܕܘܟ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܝܟܐ (ʿēḏā d'mawlāḏuḵ hāwē brīḵā) Armenian: ծնունդդ շնորհավոր (cnundd šnorhavor), շնորհավոր տարեդարձդ (šnorhavor taredarjd) Asturian: feliz cumpleaños, bon nataliegu Aymara: kusisiñ mara phuqhapan Azerbaijani: ad gününüz mübarək (to an elder), ad günün mübarək (to a junior) Cyrillic: ад ҝүнүнүз мүбарәк (to an elder), ад ҝүнүн мүбарәк (to a junior) Bashkir: тыуған көнөң менән (tıwğan könöñ menən) Basque: zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean, zorionak Belarusian: з днём нараджэ́ння (z dnjom naradžénnja) Bengali: শুভ জন্মদিন (bn) (śubho jonmodin) Bikol: Central Bikol: maugmang aldaw nin pagkamundag Bislama: yumi selebretem de blong bon blong yu Breton: deiz-ha-bloaz laouen (br) Bulgarian: чести́т рожде́н ден (čestít roždén den) Burmese: မွေးနေ့မင်္ဂလာပါ (mwe:ne.mangga.lapa) Catalan: per molts anys (ca) Chamorro: biba kumplianos Chechen: вина де декъала хуьлда хьан (vina de deqʼala xülda ḥʳan) Cherokee: ᏣᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬᎢ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ (tsadetiyisgvi alihelisdi aquaduliha) Chinese: Cantonese: 生日快樂 / 生日快乐 (saang1 jat6 faai3 lok6) Hakka: 生日快樂 / 生日快乐 (sâng-ngit khoai-lo̍k) Hokkien: 生日快樂 / 生日快乐 (seⁿ-ji̍t-khòai-lo̍k, siⁿ-ji̍t-khòai-lo̍k) Mandarin: 生日快樂 / 生日快乐 (zh) (shēngrì kuàilè), 祝你生日快樂 / 祝你生日快乐 (zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè) Wu: 生日快樂 / 生日快乐 (1san-gniq 5khua-loq) Cornish: penn-bloodh lowen Cree: ᒥᔪ ᑎᐱᐢᑲ (miyo tipiska) Czech: všechno nejlepší, všechno nejlepší k narozeninám Danish: tillykke med fødselsdagen (da), tillykke (da) Dusun: Central Dusun: kotobian tadau kinosusuon Dutch: gelukkige verjaardag (standard), gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag, gefeliciteerd (nl), proficiat (nl), fijne verjaardag Esperanto: feliĉan naskiĝtagon Estonian: palju õnne sünnipäevaks, palju õnne Faroese: til lukku við føðingardegnum, til lukku við degnum, til lukku Finnish: hyvää syntymäpäivää (formal), onneksi olkoon (fi) (congratulations), onnea (fi), paljon onnea (colloquial, technically generic but usually used of birthdays) French: bon anniversaire (fr), joyeux anniversaire (fr), bonne fête (fr) (Canada) Frisian: West Frisian: fan herte lokwinske, lokkige jierdei Galician: feliz aniversario, parabéns (gl) m pl Georgian: გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს (gilocav dabadebis dɣes) German: alles Gute zum Geburtstag (de), herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, (informally) viel Glück zum Geburtstag Alemannic German: gueter Geburtsdaa Greek: να τα εκατοστήσεις (na ta ekatostíseis), χρόνια πολλά (el) n pl (chrónia pollá), να τα εκατοστίσεις (na ta ekatostíseis) Ancient Greek: ὄλβιον (ólbion), γενέθλιον ἦμαρ (genéthlion êmar) Greenlandic: inuuinni pilluarit Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: vy-apave nde srambotyre Gujarati: (India) જન્મદિવસની શુભેચ્છાઓ (janmadivasnī śubhecchāo), જન્મદિવસની હાર્દિક શુભેચ્છા (janmadivasnī hārdik śubhecchā) Haitian Creole: bòn fèt de nesans Hawaiian: hauʻoli lā hānau Hebrew: יום הולדת שמח \ יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָׂמֵחַ (yom hulédet saméaḥ), עַד מֵאָה וְעֵשְׂרִים (he) ('ad meá v'esrím, literally “until 120 years”) Hiligaynon: masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo Hindi: जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएँ (janmadin kī śubhkāmnāẽ), जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmadin mubārak ho), जन्मदिन की बधाई (janmadin kī badhāī) Hungarian: boldog születésnapot (hu), boldog szülinapot (either of the two preceding wishes can be supplemented with …kívánok!), Isten éltessen!, Isten éltessen sokáig! Iban: selamat hari pengada Icelandic: til hamingju með afmælið (is), til hamingju með daginn (is), til hamingju með afmælisdaginn Ido: bona naskodio Ilocano: naragsak a pinagkasangay Indonesian: selamat ulang tahun (id) Inuktitut: ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (nallioniqsiotsiarit) Irish: go maire tú an lá, lá breithe maith agat, lá breithe sona dhuit Italian: buon compleanno (it) Japanese: お誕生日おめでとうございます (ja) (おたんじょうびおめでとうございます, o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu) (formal), 誕生日おめでとう (ja) (たんじょうびおめでとう, tanjōbi omedetō) (informal) Javanese: sugeng tanggap warsa, sugeng ambal warsa, ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦲꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀ꦮꦂꦱ (sugenghambalwarsa) Jingpho: kabu kara dik htum shangai nhtoi rai u ga! Kabardian: сынохъуэхъу укъыщалъхуа махуэмкӏэ (sənoꭓʷɛꭓʷu wuqəśalˢxʷa maxʷɛmkʼɛ) Kannada: (India) ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಹಬ್ಬ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು (huṭṭida habba śubhāśayagaḷu) Kapampangan: mayap a kebaitan Kashmiri: زا دۄہ مُبارَکھ (zā dọh mubārakh), ؤہرٕوود مُبارَکھ (vạhrụvōd mubārakh), زایہِ دۄہ مُبارَکھ (zāyhi dọh mubārakh) Kazakh: туған күніңіз құтты болсын (tuğan künıñız qūtty bolsyn), туған күніңізбен (tuğan künıñızben) (formal), туған күнің құтты болсын (tuğan künıñ qūtty bolsyn), туған күніңмен (tuğan künıñmen) (informal) Khmer: រីករាយថ្ងៃខួបកំណើត (riik riəy thngay khuəp kɑmnaət) Korean: 생신 축하드립니다 (saengsin chukha-deurimnida) (formal), 생일 축하합니다 (saeng'il chukha-hamnida) (formal), 생일 축하해요 (saeng'il chukha-haeyo) (informal polite), 생일 축하해 (saeng'il chukha-hae) (informal) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: جەژنی لەدایکبوونت پیرۆز بێت (cejnî ledaykbûnit pîroz bêt), ڕۆژی لەدایکبوونت پیرۆز بێت (rojî ledaykbûnit pîroz bêt) Northern Kurdish: rojbûna te pîroz (ku) (be)! Kyrgyz: туулган күнүң менен (tuulgan künüŋ menen) Ladin: dut l bon per l cumplì di ani Lao: ສຸກສັນວັນເກີດ (suk san wan kœ̄t) Latin: felicem natalem, fortuna dies natalis, felix dies natalis, felix sit dies natalis Latvian: daudz laimes (lv), daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā Ligurian: bón conpleànno Lithuanian: su gimtadieniu, sveikinu gimtadienio proga Livonian: tēriņtõb sidāmõst sindiz pǟvaks Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: fellisiteert (Drents) Lushootseed: haʔɬ sgʷəcəɬdat Luxembourgish: vill Gléck fir däi Gebuertsdag, Alles Guddes Macedonian: сре́ќен ро́денден (sréḱen ródenden) Malagasy: arahaba tratry ny taona tsingerenan'ny nahaterahanao, arahabaina tratry ny tsingerin-andro nahaterahanao, arahabaina tratry ny tsingerin-taona nahaterahanao Malay: selamat hari lahir, selamat hari jadi (ms) Malayalam: ജന്മദിനാശംസകള് (janmadināśaṁsakaḷ) Maltese: għeluq sninek it-tajjeb Manx: laa ruggyree sonney dhyt Māori: rā whānau Marathi: वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (vāḍhdivsācyā hārdik śubhecchā) Mnong: Central Mnong: មអាកនារទែស (mʔak nar t̤ɛ̆h) Mongolian: Cyrillic: төрсөн өдрийн баяр хүргэе (törsön ödriin bajar xürgeje) Navajo: niʼdizhchį́įjįʼ anááhoolzhiizhígíí baa hózhǫ́, nizhónígo nińdoohah, baa hózhǫ́ǫgo niʼdizhchį́, ninááhaiígíí baa shił hózhǫ́ Nepali: जन्मदिनको शुभकामना (janmadinko śubhkāmanā) Nootka: čaxtakuk̕ʷi ʔapčinkšiƛ Norman: bouôn annivèrsaithe! Norwegian: Bokmål: gratulerer med dagen (no) Nynorsk: gratulerer med dagen Occitan: bons ans, bon aniversari, polit aniversari, boan natalici, joiós anniversari Palauan: ungil el cherellem Papiamentu: felis kumpleanjo Pashto: د زیږیدلو کلیزه دی مبارک شه (de zaigaidelo kaleeza dai mubarak sha) Persian: Dari: تَوَلَّدَت مُبَارَک (tawalladat mubārak) Iranian Persian: تَوَلَّدَت مُبارَک (tavalladat mobârak), زادْروزَت فَرْخُنْدِه باد (zâdruzat farxonde bâd), زادروزتان خجسته باد (zâdruz-e tân xojaste bâd) Piedmontese: bon compleann Pipil: yek tunal tinestuk Polish: wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin, wszystkiego najlepszego (lit.: all the best), sto lat (pl) Portuguese: feliz aniversário (pt), parabéns (pt) Quechua: sumaq wata kachun, kusi wata hunt'ay Romanian: la mulți ani, aniversare fericită Russian: с днём рожде́ния (s dnjom roždénija), поздравля́ю с днём рожде́ния (pozdravljáju s dnjom roždénija) Rwanda-Rundi: isabukuru nziza Sami: Inari Sami: pyeri šoddâmpeivi Lule Sami: mån ärrodav duv riegádimbiejvev Northern Sami: lihkku bēivviin Skolt Sami: šiõǥǥ šõddâmpeeiʹv Southern Sami: læhkoeh biejjine, lähkoeh biejjine Sanskrit: शुभं जन्मदिनम् (śubhaṃ janmadinam) Sardinian: bonos annos, bonus annus Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith sona Semai: selamat jis yesnos Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: срећан рођендан (Bosnian, Serbian), сретан рођендан (Croatian) Latin: srećan rođendan (Bosnian, Serbian), sretan rođendan (Croatian) Sinhalese: සුභ උපන් දිනයක් (subha upan dinayak) Slovak: všetko najlepšie, všetko najlepšie k narodeninám Slovene: vse najboljše za tvoj rojstni dan Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: wjele zboža k narodninam, wšo dobre k narodninam Spanish: feliz cumpleaños, feliz cumple (familiar) Sundanese: wilujeung milangkala Swahili: heri ya siku ya kuzaliwa, pongezi kwa siku ya kuzaliwa Swedish: grattis på födelsedagen (sv), har den äran (sv), har den äran på födelsedagen, gratulerar på födelsedagen, grattis på bemärkelsedagen, hjärtliga gratulationer på bemärkelsedagen, gratulerar med dagen Tagalog: maligayang kaarawan, maligayang bati Tajik: таваллудат муборак (tavalludat muborak) Tamil: பிறந்தநாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் (piṟantanāḷ vāḻttukkaḷ) Tashelhit: ⴰⵙⴳⴳⵯⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴱⴰⵔⴽⵉ (asggʷas ambarki) Tatar: туган көнең белән (tuğan köneñ belän), туган көнең котлы булсын (tuğan köneñ qotlı bulsın) Telugu: పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు (puṭṭinarōju śubhākāṅkṣalu) Thai: สุขสันต์วันเกิด (th) (sùk-sǎn wan-gə̀ət) Turkish: doğum günün kutlu olsun (lit. May your birthday be happy), nice mutlu yıllara (lit. To more happy years...), (formally) mutlu yıllar Turkmen: doglan günüň gutly bolsun Ukrainian: з днем наро́дження (z dnem naródžennja) Urdu: سالْگِرَہ مُبارَک (sālgirah mubārak) Uyghur: تۇغۇلغان كۈنىڭىزگە مۇبارەك بولسۇن (tughulghan küni'ngizge mubarek bolsun) Uzbek: tugʻilgan kuningiz bilan Vietnamese: chúc mừng sinh nhật (vi) (祝𢜠生日), sinh nhật vui vẻ nhé (生日𢠿𨤔𥅡) Walloon: boun aniversaire, djoyeus aniversaire, djoyeuse fiesse di vos ans (wa) Welsh: penblwydd hapus Yiddish: מזל־טובֿ צו דײַן געבוירנטאָג (mazltov tsu dayn geboyrntog), מיט מזל געיערט זיך (mit mazl geyert zikh), ביז הונדערט און צוואַנציק (biz hundert un tsvantsik), אַ פֿריילעכן געבורטסטאָג (a freylekhn geburtstog)

Verb

happy birthday (third-person singular simple present happy birthdays, present participle happy birthdaying, simple past and past participle happy birthdayed)

1. (colloquial, transitive) To wish (someone) a happy birthday. Everybody was happy birthdaying him the full day.

Translations

wish someone a happy birthday

Chinese: Mandarin: 祝某人生日快樂 / 祝某人生日快乐 (zhù mǒurén shēngrì kuàilè) Faroese: ynskja til lukku Finnish: toivottaa hyvää syntymäpäivää French: souhaiter un joyeux anniversaire Norwegian: Bokmål: gratulere med dagen Nynorsk: gratulere med dagen Portuguese: felicitar (pt) pelo aniversário Russian: поздравить с днём рождения (pozdravitʹ s dnjom roždenija) Swedish: gratulera på födelsedagen Tamil: பிறந்தநாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் சொல் (piṟantanāḷ vāḻttukkaḷ col)

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