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fortnight

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fort·night  (fôrtnt)
n.
A period of 14 days; two weeks.

[Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, fourteen nights : Old English fowertne, fourteen; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots + Old English niht, night; see nokwt- in Indo-European roots.]

fortnight [ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt]
n
a period of 14 consecutive days; two weeks
[Old English fēowertīene niht fourteen nights]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fortnight - a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
Translations
fortnight [ˈfɔːtnaɪt] N (Brit) → quince días mpl, quincena f
a fortnight (from) todayde hoy en quince días

fortnight [ˈfɔːrtnaɪt] n (British)quinze jours mpl
I'm going on holiday for a fortnight → Je pars en vacances pendant quinze jours.
I hope to be back in a fortnight → J'espère être de retour dans quinze jours.
It's a fortnight since → Il y a quinze jours que ...
in the past fortnight → au cours des derniers quinze jours
a fortnight's holiday → quinze jours de vacances

fortnight
n (esp Brit) → vierzehn Tage, zwei Wochen; a fortnight’s holidayzwei Wochen or vierzehn Tage Urlaub

fortnight [ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt] n (Brit) → quindici giorni mpl, quindicina di giorni, due settimane fpl
to go on a fortnight's holiday → fare due settimane di vacanza
a fortnight (from) today → oggi a quindici
it's a fortnight since ... → sono due settimane da quando...
fortnight [ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt] n (Brit) → quindici giorni mpl, quindicina di giorni, due settimane fpl
to go on a fortnight's holiday → fare due settimane di vacanza
a fortnight (from) today → oggi a quindici
it's a fortnight since ... → sono due settimane da quando...

fortnight
n fortnight [ˈfoːtnait]
two weeks It's a fortnight since I last saw her. twee weke أسبوعان две седмици dva týdny fjorten dage; to uger vierzehn Tage δεκαπενθήμερο quincena kaks nädalat دو هفته kaksi viikkoa quinzaine שְׁבוּעַיִים दो सप्ताह 14 dana, dva tjedna két hét dua pekan tvær vikur due settimane, quindici giorni 2週間 2주일 dvi savaitės divas nedēļas dua minggu veertien dagen fjorten dager dwa tygodnie quinzena două săptămâni две недели štrnásť dní dva tedna dve nedelje fjorton dagar (dar) รายปักษ์ iki hafta 兩星期 два тижні دو ہفتے کا عرصہ hai tuần
adjectiv / adv fortnightly
every fortnight a fortnightly visit; He is paid fortnightly. twee weekliks كل أسْبوعَيْن на всеки две седмици čtrnáctidenní; čtrnáctidenně hver fjortende dag; hver anden uge vierzehntägig δεκαπενθήμερος, ανά δεκαπενθήμερο quincenal, cada quince días iga kahe nädala tagant دو هفته یکبار kahden viikon välein bimensuel; bimensuellement כָּל שְׁבועַייִם पाक्षिक polumjesečan, koji se zbiva svakih 14 dana kéthetenkénti setiap dua pekan ogni due settimane, ogni quindici giorni 2週間ごとの(に) 2주일에 한 번의 dvisavaitinis, kas dvi savaitės divnedēļu-; reizi divās nedēļās setiap dua minggu om de veertien dagen hver fjortende dag, annenhver uke (przypadający) co dwa tygodnie quinzenalmente bilu­nar двухнедельный;раз в две недели štrnásťdenný; štrnásťdenne štirinajstdneven na svakih četrnaest dana var fjortonde dag (สิ่ง) ซึ่งเกิดขึ้นทุก 2 อาทิตย์ iki haftada bir olan, 14 günlük 每兩星期一次的 двотижневий; кожні два тижні پندرہ روزہ hai tuần một lần

fortnight يومان dva týdny fjorten dage zwei Wochen δεκαπενθήμερο quincena kaksi viikkoa quinze jours dva tjedna due settimane 二週間 2주일간 twee weken fjorten dager dwa tygodnie quinzena две недели två veckor สองอาทิตย์ ondört gün nửa tháng 两星期


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But when a fortnight had passed they began to feel a little surprise that Hetty did not return; she must surely have found it pleasanter to be with Dinah than any one could have supposed.
Two months had come and gone before the convalescent in the Sacramento hospital was identified with Kirkman, the absconding San Francisco clerk; even then, there must elapse nearly a fortnight more till the perfect stranger could be hunted up, the portmanteau recovered, and John's letter carried at length to its destination, the seal still unbroken, the inclosure still intact.
"Yes,--not for good and all, of course, but just for, say, a fortnight, just a fortnight of rambles and adventures, and then to deliver me safe home again where you found me--"
 
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