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birth certificate ‎(plural birth certificates)

official document certifying the details of a person's birth. Name, date, and parents' names are always included; details such as parents' occupation and religion may be included.
- 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28:
  [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.

official document certifying the details of a person's birth

Arabic: شَهَادَة مِيلَاد f ‎(šahādat mīlād)
Bulgarian: акт за раждане m ‎(akt za raždane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出生證 (zh), 出生证 (zh) ‎(chūshēngzhèng), 出生證明書 (zh), 出生证明书 (zh) ‎(chūshēng zhèngmíngshū)
Czech: rodný list m
Danish: fødselsattest c
Dutch: geboorteakte f, geboortebewijs (nl) n
Finnish: syntymätodistus
French: acte de naissance (fr) m
German: Geburtsurkunde (de) f, Geburtsschein m
Greek: πιστοποιητικό γεννήσεως ‎(pistopoiitikó genníseos)
Hebrew: תעודת לידה
Japanese: 出生証明書 ‎(しゅっせいしょうめいしょ, shussei shōmeisho)