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–noun

the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME fourtenight, contr. of OE féowerténe niht. See fourteen, night

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n. A period of 14 days; two weeks.

[Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, fourteen nights : Old English fēowertēne, fourteen; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots + Old English niht, night; see nok^wt- in Indo-European roots.]

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fortnight

17c. contraction of M.E. fourteniht, from O.E. feowertyne niht, lit. "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Gmc. custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi.

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fortnight
noun
a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

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fortnight [ˈfoːtnait] noun

two weeks
Example: It's a fortnight since I last saw her.

Arabic:	أسبوعان
Chinese (Simplified):	两星期
Chinese (Traditional):	兩星期
Czech:	dva týdny
Danish:	fjorten dage; to uger
Dutch:	veertien dagen
Estonian:	kaks nädalat
Finnish:	kaksi viikkoa
French:	quinzaine
German:	vierzehn Tage
Greek:	δεκαπενθήμερο
Hungarian:	két hét
Icelandic:	tvær vikur
Indonesian:	dua pekan
Italian:	due settimane, quindici giorni

Japanese:	２週間
Korean:	2주일, 14일
Latvian:	divas nedēļas
Lithuanian:	dvi savaitės
Norwegian:	fjorten dager
Polish:	dwa tygodnie
Portuguese (Brazil):	quinzena
Portuguese (Portugal):	quinzena
Romanian:	două săptămâni
Russian:	две недели
Slovak:	štrnásť dní
Slovenian:	dva tedna
Spanish:	quincena
Swedish:	fjorton dagar (dar)
Turkish:	iki hafta

See also: fortnightly

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Fortnight

Fort"night`\ (?; in U.S. often ?; 277), n. [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.] The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

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