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It was indeed not very sound. However, those who had taken it, were in a fairer way of recovery than the others at the end of the fortnight, which was the length of time all these different courses were continued, except the oranges.
James Lind

Meaning of "fortnight" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FORTNIGHT

Old English fēowertīene niht fourteen nights.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FORTNIGHT

fortnight  [ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORTNIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fortnight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORTNIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fortnight

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days. The word derives from the Old English: fēowertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights". Fortnight and fortnightly are commonly used words in the English-speaking world, where many wages and salaries and most social security benefits are paid on a fortnightly basis, except North America, where it is rare outside of some Canadian regions and insular traditional communities in the United States. American and Canadian payroll systems may use the term biweekly in reference to pay periods every two weeks. Neither term should be confused with semimonthly.

Definition of fortnight in the English dictionary

The definition of fortnight in the dictionary is a period of 14 consecutive days; two weeks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORTNIGHT


aconite
ˈækəˌnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
austenite
ˈɔːstəˌnaɪt
bentonite
ˈbɛntəˌnaɪt
hessonite
ˈhɛsəˌnaɪt
ilmenite
ˈɪlmɪˌnaɪt
kaolinite
ˈkeɪəlɪˌnaɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
limonite
ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt
Masonite
ˈmeɪsəˌnaɪt
Mennonite
ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
midnight
ˈmɪdˌnaɪt
olivenite
ɒˈlɪvɪˌnaɪt
suburbanite
səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt
taconite
ˈtækəˌnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
titanite
ˈtaɪtəˌnaɪt
Twelfth-Night
ˈtwɛlfθˌnaɪt
weeknight
ˈwiːkˌnaɪt
wollastonite
ˈwʊləstəˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORTNIGHT

fortifies
fortify
fortifyingly
fortilage
fortis
fortissimo
fortississimo
fortitude
fortitudinous
fortlet
fortnightlies
fortnightly
FORTRAN
fortress
fortresslike
fortuities
fortuitism
fortuitist
fortuitous
fortuitously

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORTNIGHT

all-night
big night
black knight
bright
election night
first night
fly-by-night
gala night
good night
knight
late-night
moonlight night
night
night-night
opening night
overnight
school night
stag night
tonight
watch night
white knight

Synonyms and antonyms of fortnight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fortnight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORTNIGHT

Find out the translation of fortnight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fortnight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fortnight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

两星期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quincena
570 millions of speakers

English

fortnight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पखवाड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أُسْبُوعَان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

две недели
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quinzena
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একপক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quinze jours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua minggu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zwei Wochen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

二週間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

2주일간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rong minggu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa tháng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதினைந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंधरवडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iki hafta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

due settimane
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwa tygodnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

два тижні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

două săptămâni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεκαπενθήμερο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twee weke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

två veckor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjorten dager
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fortnight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTNIGHT»

The term «fortnight» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.425 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTNIGHT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fortnight

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8 QUOTES WITH «FORTNIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fortnight.
1
Hilaire Belloc
An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.
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Joseph Chamberlain
In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.
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John Hume
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't change in a week or a fortnight - was the new educational system.
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James Lind
It was indeed not very sound. However, those who had taken it, were in a fairer way of recovery than the others at the end of the fortnight, which was the length of time all these different courses were continued, except the oranges.
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Graham Nelson
For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all.
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Samuel Richardson
Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.
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Sue Townsend
We had library books in our house, but not our own. So you had 14 days to read them. There would be eight books a fortnight in our house and I'd read as many of those as I could.
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Eamon de Valera
Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORTNIGHT»

Discover the use of fortnight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fortnight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of ...
Beretter om de indledende kampe i Stillehavskrigen, hvor japanerne umiddelbart efter angrebet på Pearl Harbour på ca. to uger nedkæmpede de allierede flystyrker i Sydøstasien.
John Burton, 2006
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Only for a Fortnight
ONLY FOR A FORTNIGHT I changed from the Juniors to senior school, which I hated. I hated the moving from class to class for different lessons. I was in the 'C' group. At lunchtimes they made me sit at a table by myself away from all the other  ...
Sue Read, 2012
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A Fortnight in Naples
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Andre Maurel, 2012
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The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter.
Elizabeth Von Arnim, 2010
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A Fortnight of Folly
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Maurice Thompson, 2011
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Murder at the Fortnight
Who will be next? The dialogue is snappy, the characters outrageous, and the story gripping. Steve J. Spears was a professional writer for thirty years.
Steve J. Spears, 2012
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A Fortnight in Paris; or, guide for the stranger through the ...
The number of objects enumerated and discribcd in the fortnight, may certainly am ly content the euriosity of the visiters who would ave a longer time to spend , and as for those obliged to a short sojourn, they will be at no loss to make a ...
J. C. G. MARIN DE P***, E. B., J. FISHER (of Paris.), 1846
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Progress in Acarology
Mean fall min. temperature Period of observation Nymphs Phyto- seiids (mm) Eggs and June adults (predator) (°C) 1st fortnight 3050.00 247.00 9669.00 2525.25 8.25 21.00 62.33 65.86 179.90 17.90 31.82 28.75 20.70 19.93 2nd fortnight July ...
G P. Channabasavanna, C A. Viraktamath, 1989
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Fabulous In A Fortnight
Offers day-to-day countdown guidelines to looking good for a big event. This book includes a diet plan, exercise routines, beauty tips and checklists. It is by the author of Five Days to a Flatter Stomach.
Monica Grenfell, 1997
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Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867: Catalogue of the British ...
Apeii.. i>y- Ist Fortnight. — Ploughs of ail kinds, draulic machines, steam engines. 2nd Fortnight. — Steam ploughs, harrows, rollers, weeding machines, scarifier», and apparatus for the préparation of clay and the manufacture of drainage ...
Great Britain. Imperial commission, Paris universal exhibition, 1867, 1867

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORTNIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fortnight is used in the context of the following news items.
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Foetus every fortnight at sewer plant
HARARE sewer workers are coming across a dumped foetus every fortnight, Council's waste water manager Simon Muserere has revealed. «The Zimbabwe Standard, Jul 15»
2
World Population Fortnight Observation kicks off in Chandel
Kakching, July 11 2015 : District Health Society (DHS) Chandel organised Observation of World Population Fortnight under the theme "Khushhal parivar ka ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon 2015: Murray targeting special end to fortnight
Never in the Open era have brothers secured a double Wimbledon crown in the same year – a fact Jamie Murray believes is reason enough for ... «Team GB, Jul 15»
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West Bromwich Albion new boy discusses his first fortnight at the club
James McClean feels he is no longer the stranger after nine days with his new team-mates in the Alps. West Bromwich Albion's £1.5 million ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
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Hartlepool start busy fortnight hosting high-flying Marske
Hartlepool begin a busy couple of weeks of cricket with an enthralling home tie against Marske tomorrow. The in-form seaside outfit arrive on ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»
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Dick Advocaat: Sunderland must make signings over next fortnight
Dick Advocaat says Sunderland must have more new recruits in place by the time the team returns from its trip Stateside in a fortnight's time. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
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Independence Day Mass closes US bishops' annual Fortnight for …
People sang and danced July 4 outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington before attending a ... «St.Louis Review, Jul 15»
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Free travel fortnight for Wexford's child Leap Card holders
All Child Leap Card holders (aged between the ages of four and 18) can travel free on the Wexford Bus Connect services until July 20. «Gorey Guardian, Jul 15»
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Cartotrade aids £1.5m of trades in first fortnight of operations
Cartotrade, the new online trade-to-trade platform set-up by the original management team of Autotrade-mail – Kevin Watson, Laura Cannon ... «AM-online, Jul 15»
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Commercial Bank Credit Up 9% in Fortnight: RBI
66,59,336 crore in the fortnight to June 26, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. In the similar period last year, advances had ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

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