Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WiktionaryThe Free Dictionary
Search

fortnight

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
WOTD – 6 February 2009

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

FromMiddle Englishfourtenyght,fourtene nyght, fromOld Englishfēowertīeneniht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent tofourteen +‎night. Comparesennight.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

fortnight (pluralfortnights)

  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated in North America) A period of 2weeks.
    Near-synonym:halfmonth
    • 1933 January 9,George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, inDown and Out in Paris and London, London:Victor Gollancz […],→OCLC:
      On being kicked the girl fell desperately in love with Henri, and for afortnight they lived together and spent a thousand francs of Henri's money.
    • 1969 January 12, Benjamin Welles, “A Hot Potato for Nixon”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
      The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its finalfortnight in office, grappled last week with a diplomatic hot potato in the form of the latest Soviet proposal for a “just and lasting” Middle East peace settlement.

Hyponyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Related terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]
period of two weeks

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=fortnight&oldid=84356325"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2025 Movatter.jp