birthnight

birth·night

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [burth-nahyt]
- /ˈbɜrθˌnaɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [burth-nahyt]
- /ˈbɜrθˌnaɪt/

Definitions of birthnight word

noun birthnight the night on which a person was born 3
noun birthnight the night of a person's birth, especially a birthday celebration for royalty. 1
noun birthnight the anniversary of such a date. 1
noun birthnight the celebration of a royal birthday. 1
noun birthnight The night of someone's birth. 0
noun birthnight The anniversary of that night in subsequent years. 0

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Origin of birthnight

First appearance:

before 1620

One of the 42% oldest English words

First recorded in 1620-30; birth + night

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Parts of speech for Birthnight

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Birthnight

birthnight popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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