fortnight

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹt.naɪt/
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• obsolete: /ˈfɔɹt.nɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tnaɪt
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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.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أُسْبُوعَان (ʔusbūʕān) — period of two weeks
• Bulgarian: две се́дмици (dve sédmici) — period of two weeks
• Catalan: quinzena — period of two weeks
• Cebuano: kinsena — period of two weeks
• Chinese Mandarin: 兩週 /两周 (liǎngzhōu) — period of two weeks
• Czech: dva týdny — period of two weeks
• Czech: čtrnáct dní — period of two weeks
• Danish: to uger — period of two weeks
• Danish: fjorten dage — period of two weeks
• Dhivehi: ފޮއި (foi) — period of two weeks
• Dutch: veertien dagen — period of two weeks
• Dutch: twee weken — period of two weeks
• Finnish: kaksi viikkoa — period of two weeks
• French: quinze jours — period of two weeks
• French: deux semaines — period of two weeks
• French: quinzaine — period of two weeks
• German: vierzehn Tage — period of two weeks
• German: zwei Wochen — period of two weeks
• Greek: δεκαπενθήμερο (dekapenthímero) — period of two weeks
• Hebrew: שְׁבוּעַיִם (shvu'ayím) — period of two weeks
• Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ) — period of two weeks
• Hindi: पखवाड़ा (pakhvāṛā) — period of two weeks
• Hungarian: két hét — period of two weeks
• Icelandic: tvær vikur — period of two weeks
• Icelandic: hálfur mánuður — period of two weeks
• Icelandic: fjórtán dagar — period of two weeks
• Indonesian: dwiminggu — period of two weeks
• Irish: coicís — period of two weeks
• Italian: (periodo di) due settimane — period of two weeks
• Japanese: 二週間 (nishūkan) — period of two weeks
• Japanese: 二七日 (futananuka) — period of two weeks
• Korean: 2주일 (2ju'il) — period of two weeks
• Korean: 2주일간 (2ju'ilgan) — period of two weeks
• Macedonian: две не́дели (dve nédeli) — period of two weeks
• Maltese: ħmistax-il ġurnata — period of two weeks
• Middle English: fourtenyght — period of two weeks
• Norwegian Bokmål: to uker — period of two weeks
• Norwegian Bokmål: fjorten dager — period of two weeks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: to veker — period of two weeks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjorten dagar — period of two weeks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fjortendagar — period of two weeks
• Occitan: quinzena — period of two weeks
• Occitan: quinze jorns — period of two weeks
• Old English: fēowertīene niht — period of two weeks
• Polish: dwa tygodnie — period of two weeks
• Portuguese: duas semanas — period of two weeks
• Portuguese: quatorze/catorze dias — period of two weeks
• Portuguese: quinzena — period of two weeks
• Romanian: două săptămâni — period of two weeks
• Russian: две неде́ли (dve nedéli) — period of two weeks
• Russian: четы́рнадцать дней (četýrnadcatʹ dnej) — period of two weeks
• Scots: fortnicht — period of two weeks
• Scottish Gaelic: cola-deug — period of two weeks
• Spanish: quincena — period of two weeks
• Spanish: catorcena — period of two weeks
• Swedish: två veckor — period of two weeks
• Swedish: fjorton dagar — period of two weeks
• Telugu: పక్షము (pakṣamu) — period of two weeks
• Thai: ปักษ์ (bpàk) — period of two weeks
• Turkish: iki hafta — period of two weeks
• Ukrainian: два ти́жні (dva týžni) — period of two weeks
• Volapük: telvig — period of two weeks
• Welsh: pythefnos — period of two weeks