Meanings
plural birthyears · alternative birth year
- The year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth.
"[...] I can't have a reading. I don't know my birthyear. Simply, simply, simply don't remember my birthyear."
2006, Iris Vorel, Ad Astra1 more example
Then one day Professor Michael Griffel, who had been elected to the chairmanship of music at Hunter, called me in his office and regretfully told me that someone who had been checking the files for some reason had noticed that my birthyear was 1911, which made me two years over the age limit to be a professor at Hunter.
1995, Buck Clayton, Nancy Miller Elliott, Buck Clayton's Jazz WorldSynonyms: year of birth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سَنَةُ الْمِيلَادِ
- سَنَةُ الْمِيلَادِ (sanatu l-mīlādi)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Bulgarian годи́на на ра́ждане
- годи́на на ра́ждане (godína na ráždane)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Chinese Mandarin 出生年份
- 出生年份 (chūshēng niánfèn)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Czech rok narození
- rok narozeníthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Danish fødselsår, fødeår
- fødselsårthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
- fødeårthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Dutch geboortejaar
- geboortejaarthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Finnish syntymävuosi
- syntymävuosithe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
French année de naissance
- année de naissancethe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
German Geburtsjahr
- Geburtsjahrthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Greek έτος γέννησης
- έτος γέννησης (étos génnisis)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Hindi जन्मवर्ष
- जन्मवर्ष (janmavarṣ)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Italian anno di nascita
- anno di nascitathe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Japanese 生まれた年
- 生まれた年 (umareta toshi)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Korean 출생년도, 출생연도
- 출생년도 (chulsaengnyeondo)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
- 출생연도 (chulsaeng'yeondo)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Norwegian Bokmål fødselsår
- fødselsårthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Polish rok urodzenia
- rok urodzeniathe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Russian год рожде́ния
- год рожде́ния (god roždénija)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Slovak rok narodenia
- rok narodeniathe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Swedish födelseår
- födelseårthe year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Ukrainian рік наро́дження
- рік наро́дження (rik naródžennja)the year in which one was born; year of (one's) birth
Cite this entry
birthyear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthyear
“birthyear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birthyear. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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