Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated)A period of 2 weeks.

    Near-synonym: halfmonth

    vierzehn Tage, zwei Wochen

    две неде́лиdve nedéli, четы́рнадцать днейčetýrnadcatʹ dnej

    два ти́жніdva týžni

    a period of fourteen consecutive days

Examples

70 sentences
  1. She has known him only a fortnight.

    Вона з ним знайома лише два тижні. — deniko

    ruОна знакома с ним всего две недели. — Selena777

    deSie kennt ihn erst seit zwei Wochen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. We are taking a fortnight's holiday.

    ruМы берём двухнедельный отпуск. — odexed

    deWir nehmen zwei Wochen Urlaub. — Zaghawa

  3. It's a fortnight trip from here.

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  4. I'm going away for a fortnight.

    ruЯ уезжаю на две недели. — Wezel

    deIch bin für zwei Wochen weg. — raggione

  5. I'll be away for a fortnight.

    deIch bin für zwei Wochen weg. — raggione

Translations

9 languages
Українська
period of two weeks:
Русский
period of two weeks:
Deutsch
period of two weeks:

Origin

From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (litera

From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent to fourteen + night. Compare sennight.

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Forms

plural: fortnights
Singularfortnight
Pluralfortnights

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a period of fourteen consecutive days:two weeks

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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