English
Noun
birthday suit (plural birthday suits)
- (idiomatic, often humorous) Nakedness, unclothed skin; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing.
- George embarrassed his aunt by answering the door in his birthday suit.
Usage notes
- Usually used in the phrase “in one’s birthday suit”, but sometimes seen alone; for example, as in “Guess what she was wearing? Her birthday suit!”
Translations
nakedness
- Korean: 나체 (ko) (nache)
- Catalan: vestit d'Adam m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一絲不掛 (zh), 一丝不挂 (zh) (yīsībùguà), 赤條條地 (zh), 赤条条地 (zh) (chìtiáotiáo de) (stark naked), 赤身裸体
- Danish: adamskostume n, evakostume n
- Dutch: adamskostuum (nl) n
- Finnish: syntymäasu, aataminpuku
- French: tenue d’Adam (fr) f, tenue d’Ève (fr) f
- German: Adamskostüm (de) n (used of men), Evakostüm n (used of women)
- Greek: αδαμιαία περιβολή (el) f (adamiaía perivolí)
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- Japanese: 素っ裸 (すっぱだか, suppadaka)
- Norwegian: Adams drakt (used of men), Evas drakt (used of women)
- Persian: لخت مادرزاد (loxt-e mâdarzad)
- Polish: strój Adama m
- Portuguese: in one’s birthday suit: como veio ao mundo
- Russian: костю́м Ада́ма m (kostjúm Adáma) (used of men), костю́м Е́вы m (kostjúm Jévy) (used of women), to be in one’s birthday suit: в чём мать родила́ (ru) (v čóm matʹ rodilá) (lit.: like when born by mother)
- Spanish: to be in one’s birthday suit: estar como su madre le trajo al mundo
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