birthday card

noun

A greeting card given to someone to celebrate their birthday.

Meanings

nounbirthday card (plural birthday cards)

plural birthday cards

  1. A greeting card given to someone to celebrate their birthday.

    Over one million birthday cards were dropped over major cities on Taiwan by Chinese Air Force planes.

    Free China Weekly

    1973 November 4, “Birthday salute to Pres. Chiang”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 43, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 4

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 生日卡
  • 生日卡 (saang¹ jat⁶ kaat¹)greeting card
Chinese Mandarin 生日賀卡 /生日贺卡, 生日卡
  • 生日賀卡 /生日贺卡 (shēngrì hèkǎ)greeting card
  • 生日卡 (shēngrìkǎ)greeting card
Danish fødselsdagskort
  • fødselsdagskortgreeting card
Dutch verjaardagskaart
  • verjaardagskaartgreeting card
Finnish syntymäpäiväkortti, synttärikortti
  • syntymäpäiväkorttigreeting card
  • synttärikorttigreeting card
French carte d'anniversaire
  • carte d'anniversairegreeting card
German Geburtstagskarte
  • Geburtstagskartegreeting card
Greek κάρτα γενεθλίων
  • κάρτα γενεθλίων (kárta genethlíon)greeting card
Italian cartolina di compleanno
  • cartolina di compleannogreeting card
Japanese バースデーカード
  • バースデーカード (bāsudēkādo)greeting card
Korean 생일 카드
  • 생일 카드 (saeng'il kadeu)greeting card
Malay kad hari jadi
  • kad hari jadigreeting card
Māori kāri huritau
  • kāri huritaugreeting card
Norwegian Bokmål bursdagskort, gebursdagskort
  • bursdagskortgreeting card
  • gebursdagskortgreeting card
  • fødselsdagskortgreeting card
Portuguese cartão de aniversário
  • cartão de aniversáriogreeting card
Russian поздрави́тельная откры́тка
  • поздрави́тельная откры́тка (pozdravítelʹnaja otkrýtka)greeting card
Cite this entry
APA

birthday card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthday%20card

MLA

“birthday card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthday%20card. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birthday card,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthday%20card.

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