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| {{short description|Time period of two weeks}} | |||
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| A '''fortnight''' is a unit of time equal to 14 ]s (2 ]s). The word derives from the {{lang-ang|fēowertyne niht}}, meaning "{{transl|ang|fourteen nights}}".<ref>{{cite news|title=Fortnight|work=The Concise Oxford Dictionary|edition= 5th|date= 1964|page= 480}}</ref><!-- contraction of M.E. ''fourteniht'', from O.E. ''feowertyne niht'', lit. "fourteen nights", preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by ] in "Germania" xi. Related: Fortnightly. The fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days, e.g., "I'm meeting Adam in Venice in a fortnight" --><ref>''Senight'', ''sennight'' or ''se'night'' (seven-night), an old word for the week, was still in use in the early 19th century, to judge from ]'s letters.</ref> | |||
| Some ] and salaries are paid on a fortnightly basis;<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| |title=Australian Government – How much Disability Support Pension do I get? | |||
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| |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416024130/http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/payments/pay_how_dsp.htm | |||
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| }}</ref> however, in North America it is far more common to use the term '']''. Neither of these terms should be confused with '']'', which divides a year into exactly 24 periods (12 months × 2), instead of the 26 (≈] ÷ 2) of fortnightly/biweekly.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steven Bragg |title=What is the difference between a semimonthly and biweekly payroll?|url=http://www.accountingtools.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-difference-between-a-semimonthly-and-biweekly-pa.html|website=AccountingTools|accessdate=23 November 2015|date=22 June 2010|quote=Semimonthly is paid 24 times per year, and the biweekly is paid 26 times per year.}}</ref> | |||
| ==Astronomy== | |||
| {{further|Eclipse cycle}} | |||
| <!-- Lunar fortnight redirects here --> | |||
| In ], a lunar fortnight is half a ], equivalent to the ] period between a full moon and a new moon (and vice versa). This is equal to 14.77 days.<ref name="totality">{{cite book |last=Littmann |first=Mark |author2=Fred Espenak |author3=Ken Willcox |title=Totality: Eclipses of the Sun |publisher=] |year=2008 |isbn=0-19-953209-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SynodicMonth.html |title=Synodic Month definition |first=Eric W. |last=Weisstein}}</ref> | |||
| ==Sports== | |||
| {{Unreferenced section|date=November 2018}} | |||
| A fortnight is a term that is used prominently in sporting circles – as many major sports events have a two-week or approximately half-month time frame. In ], ] and the other ] tournaments are played over two weeks and are often referred to as lasting a fortnight. The Summer and Winter ] are also slightly longer than two weeks in length and may be referenced in this manner as well. Likewise various other events in the sporting world could fall under this characterization. | |||
| == In other languages == | |||
| In many languages, there is no single word for a two-week period, and the equivalent terms "two weeks", "14 days", or "15 days" (]) have to be used. | |||
| * ]: in ], the term ''pythefnos'', meaning "15 nights", is used. This is in keeping with the Welsh term for a week, which is ''wythnos'' ("eight nights").<ref>{{cite web |author1=BBC |title=BBC Wales - Catchphrase|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/catchphrase/ysbyty_brynaber/lessons/language/lang45.shtml|website=BBC Wales|accessdate=18 November 2016|date=16 October 2014|quote=Wythnos is a week.}}</ref> In ], the term is ''coicís''. | |||
| * Similarly in ] the term δεκαπενθήμερο (''dekapenthímero''), meaning "15 days", is used. | |||
| * The ] uses the ] word "paksha", meaning one half of a ], which is between 14 and 15 solar days. | |||
| * In ] there are the terms ''quincena'' (or ''quince días'') in ] and ], ''quinzena'' or ''quinze dies'' in ] and ], ''quindicina'' in ], '']'' or '']'' in ], and ''chenzinǎ'' in ], all meaning "a grouping of 15"; there are also the terms ''bisettimanale'' in ], ''bisemanal'' in ], ''bissemanal'' in ], ''bisetmanal'' in ], ''bihebdomadaire'' in ], and ''bisǎptǎmânal'' in ], that literally mean "biweekly". | |||
| * ] have a special "doubling ]". When added at the end of the word for "week" it changes the meaning to "two weeks". In ], the single-word ''שבועיים'' (''shvu′ayim'') means exactly "two weeks". Also in ], by adding the common ] to the word for "week", ''أسبوع'', the form ''أسبوعين'' (''usbu′ayn''), meaning "two weeks", is formed. | |||
| * ]: in ] the terms ''čtrnáctidenní'' and ''dvoutýdenní'' have the same meaning as "fortnight".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/fortnight|title=Do You Know How to Say Fortnight in Different Languages?|author=|date=|website=www.indifferentlanguages.com}}</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
| {{Wiktionary|fortnight}} | |||
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| == References == | |||
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| {{Time measurement and standards}} | |||
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