fortnight
UK/ˈfɔːt.naɪt//ˈfɔɹt.naɪt/
fortnight noun: a period of 2 weeks.
Noun
fortnight (plural fortnights)
- A period of 2 weeks.
- Holonyms: month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond
- Synonyms:
- halfmonth
fortnight meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fortnight in Hindi
- period of two weeks
- पक्ष pakṣ, पखवाड़ा pakhvāṛā
fortnight in Tamil
- சொக்கு ஒளிப்பக்கம், அரைத் திங்கள், இருகிழமை, அழுவம், பதினான்கு நாளெல்லை, மாதமிருமுறை
fortnight in Marathi
- पंधरवडा, पंधरवड्याचा
fortnight in Urdu
- پندرواڑھ
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- fortnight in Telugu
- పక్షము pakṣamu
- fortnight in Malayalam
- രണ്ടാഴ്ചക്കാലം
- fortnight in Kannada
- ಅರೆತಿಂಗಳು, ಪಕ್ಷ, ಹದಿನೈದು ದಿನ, ಎರಡು ವಾರ
- fortnight in Punjabi
- ਪੰਦਰਵਾਡ਼ਾ
- fortnight in Gujarati
- પખવાડિયું pakhvāḍiyũ
- fortnight in Sanskrit
- अर्धमास ardhamāsá
- fortnight in Nepali
- पखवाडिया, पखवाड़े, पखवाडा
- fortnight in Arabic
- أُسْبُوعَان ʔusbūʕān
- fortnight in Indonesian
- dwiminggu
- fortnight in Thai
- ปักษ์ bpàk
- Dhivehi
- ފޮއި foi
Examples of fortnight in a sentence
- The pickers are paid by the fortnight by the American bushel.
- On the morning of Sunday was fortnight before Christmas: on the morning of the Sunday that was two weeks before the Sunday prior to Christmas.
- The rail industry has survived the first fortnight of the UK's COVID-19 crisis.
Synonyms of fortnight
Forms of fortnight
| plural | fortnights |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete, dialectal) | fortnith |
Origin of fortnight
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.
Words formed from fortnight
Questions about fortnight
- What does fortnight mean?
- Fortnight means a period of 2 weeks.
- What is fortnight in Hindi?
- Fortnight in Hindi is पक्ष (pakṣ), पखवाड़ा (pakhvāṛā). See Fortnight meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fortnight?
- Fortnight is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fortnight?
- Fortnight is pronounced /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fortnight?
- The plural of fortnight is fortnights.
Words near fortnight in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fortnight (page history and authors); fortnight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fortnight (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fortnight (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fortnight (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fortnight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fortnight (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); પખવાડિયું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); अर्धमास (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); fortnight (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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