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noun (plural: fortnights)
  1. A period of two weeks.
1852 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/blkhs12.txt Charles Dickens, Bleak House: We will proceed with the hearing on Wednesday .
Translations: 
  • French: quinzaine(fr)f
  • German: vierzehn Tage, zwei Wochen
  • Italian: (periodo di) due
    1. Italian, due settimana, settimane
    2. Spanish: quincena
Etymology: Old English "fourteen nights"

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