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Webster 1913 Edition

Fortnight

Fort′nightˊ

(?; in U.S. often ?; 277)

,

Noun.

[Contr. fr.

fourteen nights

, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also,

seven nights

,

sennight

, a week.]

The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fortnight

FORT'NIGHT

,

Noun.

fort'nit. The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

Definition 2024

fortnight

fortnight

English

Noun

fortnight ‎(plural fortnights)

(chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A period of fourteen nights; two weeks.

Adverb

fortnight ‎(not comparable)

After a fortnight has passed.
1852 Charles Dickens, Bleak House: We will proceed with the hearing on Wednesday fortnight.

Related terms

Translations

period of two weeks

Breton: ^{(please verify)}pemzektez m pl -ioù
Bulgarian: две седмици ‎(dve sedmici)
Catalan: quinzena f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 两周, 兩周 ‎(liǎngzhōu)
Czech: dva týdny m pl, čtrnáct dní m pl
Dutch: veertien dagen pl, twee weken pl
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)}duonmonato, ^{(please verify)}du semajnoj
Finnish: kaksi viikkoa
French: quinze jours (fr) m pl, deux semaines f pl
German: vierzehn Tage, zwei Wochen
Hebrew: שבועיים \ שְׁבוּעַיִם m du ‎(shvu'ayím)
Hungarian: két hét
Icelandic: tvær vikur f pl, hálfur mánuður m, fjórtán dagar m pl
Irish: coicís f
Italian: (periodo di) due settimane

Japanese: 二週間 ‎(にしゅうかん, nishūkan)
Macedonian: две не́дели ‎(dve nédeli)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: to uker pl, fjorten dager pl

Nynorsk: to veker pl, fjorten dagar pl, fjortendagar pl
Polish: dwa tygodnie m pl inan
Portuguese: duas semanas f pl, quatorze/catorze dias m pl, quinzena (pt) f
Romanian: două săptămâni f pl
Russian: две неде́ли ‎(dve nedéli), четырнадцать дней ‎(četyrnadcatʹ dnej)
Scots: fortnicht
Scottish Gaelic: cola-deug m
Spanish: quincena (es) f
Swedish: två veckor pl, fjorton dagar
Telugu: పక్షము (te) ‎(pakṣamu)
Turkish: iki hafta
Volapük: telvig (vo)

See also

sennight

References

“fortnight” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.