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fortnights

fortnights is the plural of fortnight.

Meaning of fortnight

Noun

fortnight (plural fortnights)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated) 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
    Synonyms:
    halfmonth

Questions about fortnights

What is fortnights the plural of?
Fortnights is the plural of fortnight.

Words near fortnights in the dictionary

  1. Fortney
  2. Fortneys
  3. fortnight
  4. fortnightlies
  5. fortnightly
  6. fortnights
  7. fortnite
  8. Fortniter
  9. Fortniters
  10. fortnites
  11. fortnith

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