Fortnight

Noun

 * 1) A period of fourteen nights; two weeks.
 * 1852 Charles Dickens, Bleak House: We will proceed with the hearing on Wednesday fortnight.

Synonyms

 * halfmonth

Related terms

 * fortnightly
 * microfortnight

Thesaurus
L, Sexagesima, abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, boxcar, boxcars, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, dozen, duodecimo, eighty, eleven, fifteen, fifty, fiscal year, five and twenty, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, half a hundred, hour, leap year, long dozen, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, ninety, nonagenarian, octogenarian, quarter, quindecennial, quindecim, quindecima, quindene, quinquennium, regular year, score, second, semester, septuagenarian, session, seventy, sexagenarian, sexagenary, sexagesimo-quarto, sidereal year, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty, sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, solar year, sun, teens, term, thirteen, thirty-two, thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, trimester, twelve, twelvemo, twelvemonth, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen, two weeks, twoscore, week, weekday, year

Etymology
Contracted form of feowertyne: niht:. Compare sennight:.

Translations

 * Breton: pemzektez -ioù
 * Catalan: (actually 15 days)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 两周, 兩周
 * Dutch: veertien dagen, twee weken
 * Esperanto: duonmonato, du semajnoj
 * Finnish: kaksi viikkoa
 * French: (actually 15 days)
 * German: vierzehn Tage, zwei Wochen
 * Greek: (actually 15 days)
 * Hungarian: két hét
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian: (periodo di) settimane ;  (actually 15 days)


 * Japanese: 二週間 (にしゅうかん, nishūkan)
 * Macedonian: полумесечие
 * Norwegian: to uker, fjorten dager
 * Polish: dwa tygodnie
 * Portuguese: (actually 15 days)
 * Russian: две недели
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: actually 15 days
 * Swedish: två veckor, fjorton dagar
 * Telugu: పక్షము (pakshamu)
 * Volapük: telvig