happy birthday

English

Candles spelling out the traditional English birthday greeting.

Pronunciation

(UK): IPA^(key): /ˈhæp.i ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
(US): IPA^(key): /ˈhæp.i ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/
Audio (US, Northern California) (file)

Interjection

happy birthday

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

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: 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)
Central Dusun: kotobian tadau kinosusuon
Central Mnong: មអាកនារទែស (mʔak nar t̤ɛ̆h)
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)
Cree: ᒥᔪ ᑎᐱᐢᑲ (miyo tipiska)
Czech: všechno nejlepší, všechno nejlepší k narozeninám
Danish: tillykke med fødselsdagen (da), tillykke (da)
Dutch: gelukkige verjaardag (standard), gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag, gefeliciteerd (nl), proficiat (nl), fijne verjaardag
Esperanto: feliĉan naskiĝtagon
Estonian: palju õnne sünnipäevaks
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)
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
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 शुभकामनाएँ (janmadin śubhkāmnāẽ) जन्मदिन पर हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ (janmadin par hārdik śubhkāmnāẽ), जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmadin mubārak ho), जन्मदिन मुबारक (janmadin mubārak), जन्मदिन बधाई हो (janmadin badhāī ho)
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
Inari Sami: pyeri šoddâmpeivi
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 (sənoχʷɛχʷu 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)
Lule Sami: mån ärrodav duv riegádimbiejvev
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
Maori: rā whānau
Marathi: वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (vāḍhdivsācyā hārdik śubhecchā)
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!
Northern Sami: lihkku beivviin
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
Paraguayan Guaraní: vy-apave nde srambotyre
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)
Piedmontese: bon compleann
Pipil: yek tunal tinestuk
Polish: wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin, wszystkiego najlepszego (lit.: all the best), sto lat
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
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)

Roman: srećan rođendan (Bosnian, Serbian), sretan rođendan (Croatian)
Sinhalese: සුභ උපන් දිනයක් (subha upan dinayak)
Skolt Sami: šiõǥǥ šõddâmpeeiʹv
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
Southern Sami: læhkoeh biejjine, lähkoeh biejjine
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: பிறந்த நாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் (piṟanta nāḷ vāḻttukkaḷ)
Tashelhit: ⴰⵙⴳⴳⵯⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴱⴰⵔⴽⵉ (asggʷas ambarki)
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
West Frisian: fan herte lokwinske, lokkige jierdei
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)

(colloquial, transitive) To wish (someone) a happy birthday.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

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