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fort⋅night
[fawrt-nahyt, -nit] 
–noun
| the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks. |
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| fort·night (fôrt'nīt') n. A period of 14 days; two weeks. [Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, fourteen nights : Old English fēowertēne, fourteen; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots + Old English niht, night; see nokwt- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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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Language Translation for : fortnight
Spanish:
quincena,
German:
vierzehn Tage,
Japanese:
２週間
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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