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Word entry · 9 letters

fortnight

Best crossword clue

"Fourteen-day span"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɔːt.naɪt/Part of speech nounSorted fghinorttStarts with FEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Period of fourteen consecutive days.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

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

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Fourteen-day span9 letters
02Two weeks9 letters

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