fortnight
FORT-nyt/ˈfɔɹt.naɪt/UKFAWT-nyt/ˈfɔːt.naɪt/
Pluralfortnights
- 1A length of time equal to two weeks.
Like counting off two full weeks, one right after the other.
We're going away for a fortnight this summer.
On being kicked the girl fell desperately in love with Henri, and for a fortnight they lived together and spent a thousand francs of Henri's money.
1933, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Down and Out in Paris and LondonHere, fortnight means a period of two weeks.Note
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Origin
From Old English fēowertīene niht, meaning "fourteen nights," because the Anglo-Saxons counted time by nights.