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birthday
English
Etymology
From Middle English birthdai, birtheday, from Old English ?ebyrddæ? (“birthday”), equivalent to birth +? day. Compare Saterland Frisian Gebuursdai (“birthday”), Dutch geboortedag (“birthday”), Low German Geboortsdag (“birthday”), German Geburtstag (“birthday”), Norwegian bursdag, gebursdag (“birthday”).
Eclipsed non-native Middle English nativitee (“birth, nativity, birthday”), from Old French nativité, nativited, from Latin n?t?vitas.
Pronunciation
- (UK): IPA(key): /?b???.de?/
- (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /?b???.d?/
- (US): enPR: bûrth?d?', IPA(key): /?b???de?/
Noun
birthday (plural birthdays)
- The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]
- 1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
- Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
- 1903, L. Frank Baum, The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People, The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His Birthday,
- One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd birthday or two for luck.
- 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,
- "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could."
- c. 1911, Cotton Mather, Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather, Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, page 1,
- It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday.
- 1921 June 4, Birthday Honours — Companions of Honour, in The Times,
- The King's Birthday, which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.
- 1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
- The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
- The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
- A birthday party
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
birthday (third-person singular simple present birthdays, present participle birthdaying, simple past and past participle birthdayed)
- (intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.
See also
- deathday
- name day
Anagrams
- tharybid
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pinata
English
Alternative forms
- piñata
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish piñata, from piña, from Latin pinea (“pinecone”), because its paper cover (on traditional making) resembles one. Alternatively from Spanish via Italian pignatta (“clay pot”), from a Chinese custom allegedly introduced by Marco Polo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?n?j??t?/, /p?n?jæt?/
Noun
pinata (plural pinatas)
- (Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out.
Translations
Verb
pinata (third-person singular simple present pinatas, present participle pinataing, simple past and past participle pinataed)
- To hit something or someone with sticks after having filled them with candy.
- 2015 (November 20) "Zombie Broheims", episode 14 of Pig Goat Banana Cricket
- Cricket: "Don't pinata me!"
- 2015 (November 20) "Zombie Broheims", episode 14 of Pig Goat Banana Cricket
Further reading
- piñata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- Aptian, patina, tai-pan, taipan
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