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fortnite

UK/ˈfɔːt.naɪt//ˈfɔɹt.naɪt/

fortnite is the obsolete form 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

Forms of fortnite

pluralfortnites

Questions about fortnite

What is fortnite the obsolete form of?
Fortnite is the obsolete form of fortnight.
How do you pronounce fortnite?
Fortnite is pronounced /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/ (UK).

Words near fortnite in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fortnite (page history and authors); fortnight (page history and authors). 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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