happy birthday

English

Candles spelling out the traditional English birthday greeting.

Pronunciation

(UK): IPA^(key): /ˈhæpi ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
(US): IPA^(key): /ˈhæpi ˈbɝθ.deɪ/
Audio (US, Northern California) (file)

Interjection

happy birthday

Said or written to a person who is celebrating his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")
When Stuart entered the room, everyone yelled, “Happy Birthday!”

Happy birthday, Joe! Have a fantastic party!

Synonyms

many happy returns
many happy returns of the day

Derived terms

Translations

good wishes for a birthday

Afrikaans: gelukkige verjaarsdag
Albanian: gëzuar ditëlindjen
Amharic: መልካም ልደት (mälkam ldät)
Arabic: كُلّ عَام وَأَنْتُمْ بِخَيْر‎ (kull ʿām wa-ʾantum bi-ḵayr), عِيد مِيلَاد سَعِيد‎ (ʿīd mīlād saʿīd), 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
Aymara: kusisiñ mara phuqhapan
Azerbaijani: ad gününüz mubarek (to an elder), ad günün mubarek (to a junior)
Cyrillic: ад гюнюнюз мубарек (to an elder), ад гюнюн мубарек (to a junior)
Basque: zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean, zorionak
Belarusian: з днём нараджэ́ння (z dnjom naradžénnja)
Bengali: শুভ জন্মদিন (śubhô jônmôdin)
Bikol Central: maogmang 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 Mnong: មអាកនារទែស (mʔak nar t̤ɛ̆h)
Chamorro: biba kumplianos
Chechen: вина де декъала хуьлда хьан (wina de deq̇ala χülda ḥan)
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)

Mandarin: 生日快樂 (zh), 生日快乐 (zh) (shēngrì kuàilè), 祝你生日快樂, 祝你生日快乐 (zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè)

Min Nan: 生日快樂, 生日快乐 (seⁿ-ji̍t-khòai-lo̍k, siⁿ-ji̍t-khòai-lo̍k)

Wu: 生日快樂, 生日快乐 (san nyiq khua loq)
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
Finnish: (from colloquial to formal) onnea (fi), paljon onnea, onneksi olkoon (fi), hyvää syntymäpäivää
French: bon anniversaire (fr), joyeux anniversaire (fr)
Galician: feliz aniversario
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: χαρούμενα γενέθλια (charoúmena genéthlia), χρόνια πολλά (el) n pl (chrónia pollá), να τα εκατοστίσεις (na ta ekatostíseis)
Greenlandic: inuuinni pilluarit
Gujarati: (India) જન્મદિવસની શુભેચ્છાઓ (janmadivasanī śubhēcchā'ō), જન્મદિવસની હાર્દિક શુભેચ્છા (janmadivasanī hārdika śubhēcchā)
Haitian Creole: bòn fèt de nesans
Hawaiian: hauʻoli lā hānau
Hebrew: יום הולדת שמח \ יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָׂמֵחַ‎ (yom hulédet saméakh)
Hiligaynon: masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo
Hindi: जन्मदिन पर हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं (janmadin par hārdik śubhkāmnāen), जन्मदिन मुबारक हो (janmadin mubārak ho), जन्मदिन मुबारक (janmadin mubārak), सालगिरह मुबारक (sālgirah mubārak)
Hungarian: boldog születésnapot (hu), boldog szülinapot (either of the two preceding wishes can be supplemented with …kívánok!), Isten éltessen!, Isten éltessen sokáig!
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)
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 (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu) (formal), 誕生日おめでとう (tanjōbi omedetō) (informal)
Javanese: sugeng tanggap warsa, sugeng ambal warsa
Jingpho: kabu kara dik htum shangai nhtoi rai u ga!
Kabardian: Сынохъуэхъу укъыщалъхуа махуэмкӏэ (Sənoχ°ăχ° wq̇əŝāłx°ā māx°ămč̣̍ă)
Kannada: (India) ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಹಬ್ಬ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು (huṭṭida habba śubhāśayagaḷu)
Kapampangan: mayap a kebaitan
Kashmiri: (India) ?‎ (voharvod mubarak chuy)
Kazakh: туған күніңізбен (twğan küniñizben) (formal), туған күніңмен (twğan küniñmen) (informal)
Khmer: រីករាយថ្ងៃខួបកំណើត (riik riey tngay kʰuəp kɑmnaət)
Korean: 생신 축하드립니다 (saengsin chukhadeurimnida) (formal), 생일 축하해요 (saeng-il chukhahaeyo) (informal polite), 생일 축하해 (saeng-il chukhahae) (informal)
Kurdish: rojbûna te pîroz (ku) (be)!
Central Kurdish: جه‌ژنی له‌دایکبوونت پیرۆز بێت‎ (cajni ladaykbûnt pîroz bet), ڕۆژی لەدایکبوونت پیرۆز بێت‎ (roji ladaykbûnt pîroz bet)

Kyrgyz: туулган күнүң менен (tuulgan künüñ menen)
Lao: ສຸກສັນວັນເກີດ (suk san wan kœ̄t)
Latin: felicem natalem, fortuna dies natalis, felix dies natalis, felix sit dies natalis
Latvian: daudz laimes, daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā
Lithuanian: su gimtadieniu, sveikinu gimtadienio proga
Livonian: tēriņtõb sidāmõst sindiz pǟvaks
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: fellisiteert (Drents)
Lule Sami: mån ärrodav duv riegádimbiejvev
Luxembourgish: vill Gléck fir däi Gebuertsdag
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
Malayalam: ജന്മദിനാശംസകള്‍ (janmadināśaṃsakaḷ‍)
Maltese: għeluq sninek it-tajjeb
Manx: laa ruggyree sonney dhyt
Maori: rā whānau
Marathi: वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (vāḍhdivsācyā hārdik śubhecchā)
Mongolian: төрсөн өдрийн баяр хүргэе (törsön ödrijn bajar hürgeje)
Navajo: niʼdizhchį́įjįʼ anááhoolzhiizhígíí baa hózhǫ́, nizhónígo nińdoohah, baa hózhǫ́ǫgo niʼdizhchį́, ninááhaiígíí baa shił hózhǫ́
Nepali: जन्मदिनको शुभकामना (janmadinko śubhakāmnā)
Nootka: čaxtakuk̕ʷi ʔapčinkšiƛ
Norman: bouôn annivèrsaithe!
Northern Sami: lihkku beivvin
Norwegian: gratulerer med dagen (no)
Palauan: ungil el cherellem
Paraguayan Guaraní: vy-apave nde srambotyre
Pashto: د زیږیدلو کلیزه دی مبارک شه‎ (de zaigaidelo kaleeza dai mubarak sha)
Persian: تولدت مبارک‎ (tavallodat mobarak), زادروزت فرخنده باد‎ (zādrūzat farxonde bād)
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 (a zilei de naștere)
Russian: с днём рожде́ния (s dnjóm roždénija), поздравля́ю с днём рожде́ния (pozdravljáju s dnjóm roždénija)
Rwanda-Rundi: isabukuru nziza
Sanskrit: शुभं जन्मदिनम् (śubhaṃ janmadinam)
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)
Slovak: všetko najlepšie, všetko najlepšie k narodeninám
Slovene: vse najboljše za tvoj rojstni dan
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: wšo dobre k narodninam
Southern Sami: læhkoeh biejjine, lähkoeh biejjine
Spanish: feliz cumpleaños, feliz cumple (familiar)
Sundanese: wilujeung milangkala
Swahili: Pongezi kwa siku ya kuzaliwa
Swedish: gratulerar på födelsedagen, har den äran (sv), har den äran på födelsedagen, grattis på födelsedagen (sv), 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)
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 наро́дже́ння (z dnem naródžénnja)
Urdu: سالگره مبارک‎ (sālgirah mubārak)
Uyghur: تۇغۇلغان كۈنىڭىزگە مۇبارەك بولسۇن‎ (tughulghan küningizge mubarek bolsun)
Uzbek: tugʻilgan kuningiz bilan
Vietnamese: chúc mừng sinh nhật, chức mừng sinh nhật, sinh nhật vui vẻ nhé
Welsh: penblwydd hapus
West Frisian: gan herte lokwinske, lokkige jierdei
Yiddish: מזל־טובֿ צו דײַן געבוירנטאָג‎ (mazltov tsu dayn geboyrntog)

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.

Translations

to wish someone a happy birthday

Faroese: ynskja til lukku
Finnish: toivottaa hyvää syntymäpäivää
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gratulere med dagen

Nynorsk: gratulere med dagen

Swedish: gratulera på födelsedagen

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