Meanings
nounbirthday cake (countable and uncountable, plural birthday cakes)
plural birthday cakes
- countableuncountableA cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday.
We sit around chatting, with plates of birthday cake on our laps that none of us have got the stomach for.
2015, Claire Douglas, chapter 20, in The Sisters, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 2091 more example
“I almost ran away.” / “But you didn’t,” Hallie said seriously. / “We stayed for birthday cake.” Portia sat cross-legged on the bed. “Alfonso’s niece was afraid of the candles and Alfonso helped her blow them out.[…]”
2013, Anita Hughes, chapter 20, in Lake Como, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 221 - USattributivecountableoftenspecificallyuncountableAny of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays.
Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream.
- USattributivecountableoftenspecificallyuncountableConfetti cake.
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Translations
Arabic كَعْكَة عِيد مِيلَاد
- كَعْكَة عِيد مِيلَاد (kaʕkat ʕīd mīlād)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Chinese Cantonese 生日蛋糕
- 生日蛋糕 (saang¹ jat⁶ daan⁶ gou¹)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Chinese Mandarin 生日蛋糕
- 生日蛋糕 (shēngrì dàngāo)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Danish fødselsdagskage
- fødselsdagskagea cake made to celebrate a birthday
Dutch verjaardagstaart, verjaarstaart
- verjaardagstaarta cake made to celebrate a birthday
- verjaarstaarta cake made to celebrate a birthday
Estonian sünnipäevatort
- sünnipäevatorta cake made to celebrate a birthday
Finnish syntymäpäiväkakku
- syntymäpäiväkakkua cake made to celebrate a birthday
French gâteau d'anniversaire, gâteau de fête
- gâteau d'anniversairea cake made to celebrate a birthday
- gâteau de fêtea cake made to celebrate a birthday
German Geburtstagskuchen
- Geburtstagskuchena cake made to celebrate a birthday
Greek τούρτα γενεθλίων
- τούρτα γενεθλίων (toúrta genethlíon)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Hebrew עוגת יום הולדת \ עוּגַת יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת
- עוגת יום הולדת \ עוּגַת יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת ('ugát yom hulédet)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Hungarian születésnapi torta, szülinapi torta
- születésnapi tortaa cake made to celebrate a birthday
- szülinapi tortaa cake made to celebrate a birthday
Indonesian kue ulang tahun
- kue ulang tahuna cake made to celebrate a birthday
Italian torta di compleanno
- torta di compleannoa cake made to celebrate a birthday
Japanese 誕生日ケーキ, バースデーケーキ
- 誕生日ケーキ (tanjōbi kēki)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
- バースデーケーキ (bāsudē kēki)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Korean 생일 케이크
- 생일 케이크 (saeng'il keikeu)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Latin lībum nātāle
- lībum nātālea cake made to celebrate a birthday
Malay kek hari jadi
- kek hari jadia cake made to celebrate a birthday
Norwegian Bokmål bursdagskake
- bursdagskakea cake made to celebrate a birthday
Persian کیک تولد
- کیک تولد (keyk-e tavallod)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Polish tort urodzinowy
- tort urodzinowya cake made to celebrate a birthday
Portuguese bolo de aniversário
- bolo de aniversárioa cake made to celebrate a birthday
Romanian tort aniversar
- tort aniversara cake made to celebrate a birthday
Russian то́рт ко дню рожде́ния
- то́рт ко дню рожде́ния (tórt ko dnju roždénija)a cake made to celebrate a birthday
Spanish tarta de cumpleaños, pastel de cumpleaños
- tarta de cumpleañosa cake made to celebrate a birthday
- pastel de cumpleañosa cake made to celebrate a birthday
- torta de cumpleañosa cake made to celebrate a birthday
Swedish födelsedagstårta
- födelsedagstårtaa cake made to celebrate a birthday
Turkish doğum günü pastası
- doğum günü pastasıa cake made to celebrate a birthday
Vietnamese bánh sinh nhật, bánh kem
- bánh sinh nhậta cake made to celebrate a birthday
- bánh kema cake made to celebrate a birthday
Welsh cacen benblwydd, teisen benblwydd
- cacen benblwydda cake made to celebrate a birthday
- teisen benblwydda cake made to celebrate a birthday
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