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French birthday lines

Pick a line, copy it into a card or a message, or send it as a free French card. Each one comes with the English and says where it comes from.

Keep the line short and add one personal detail, such as a shared memory or the person's name, and use tu only for friends and family while vous suits colleagues and older relatives we do not know well.

Joyeux anniversaire !

Happy birthday.

Dictionary-attested formula (Académie). The standard birthday greeting for anyone, with tu or vous (it works for both). Checked in: Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (9e éd.), joyeux; Wiktionnaire, joyeux anniversaire (pointer only, half source); La Poste, messages d'anniversaire
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Je te souhaite un joyeux anniversaire.

We wish you a happy birthday.

French card wording. For a friend or family member (tu). For vous: Je vous souhaite un joyeux anniversaire. Checked in: Popcarte, textes de carte d'anniversaire; Tutkit, 40 textes d'anniversaire; Interflora, messages d'anniversaire pour maman
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Bon anniversaire !

Happy birthday.

Dictionary-attested formula (Larousse). A slightly more casual twin of Joyeux anniversaire, fine with tu or vous. Checked in: Larousse, bon; La Poste, message d'anniversaire; Demotivateur, 50 messages d'anniversaire
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Que tous tes vœux se réalisent !

May all your wishes come true.

French card wording. For a friend or family member (tu). For vous: « Que tous vos vœux se réalisent ! ». Checked in: La Poste, message d'anniversaire; Linternaute, cartes de vœux d'anniversaire; Tutkit, vœux de Noël courts
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Je te souhaite tout le bonheur du monde.

We wish you all the happiness in the world.

French card wording. Warm and general, for someone close (tu). Checked in: Popcarte, textes de carte d'anniversaire; Tutkit, 40 textes d'anniversaire; La Poste, messages d'anniversaire
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Mes meilleurs vœux pour votre anniversaire.

Our best wishes for your birthday.

French card wording (formal). Formal (vous): a colleague, a neighbour or an older relative. Checked in: Interflora, messages d'anniversaire pour maman; La Poste, message d'anniversaire; Larousse, vœu
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