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• fortnith (dialectal, obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from 古期英語 fēowertīene niht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent to fourteen +‎ night. Compare sennight.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈfɔɹt.naɪt/
• IPA: (obsolete) /ˈfɔɹt.nɪt/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)tnaɪt

名詞

fortnight (plural fortnights)

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

   Hyponyms: quindene, quindecim

   Holonyms: month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

   Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond

   Near-synonym: halfmonth

   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1969 January 12, Benjamin Welles, “A Hot Potato for Nixon”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 December 2025:

     The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its final fortnight 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.

   • 2025 December 12, Tobi Thomas, Denis Campbell, “NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases”, in The Guardian‎:

     The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.

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派生した語

• Tok Pisin: fotnait

参照

• “fortnight”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• fortnight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia