Fortnight

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Fortnight

A documentary-style narration: origin, meaning, and feel.

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

FORT-nyte  /ˈfɔːtnaɪt/

Definition

A period of two weeks; fourteen nights.

Plain meaning

A fortnight is two weeks — fourteen days. It is a specifically British English word not commonly used in American English.

Register

Neutral and everyday in British English. Essentially unknown in American English. A reliable British English marker.