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Английский Этимологический словарь - fortnight

 
 

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Fortnight

fortnight
- contraction of O.E. feowertyneniht, lit. "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Gmc. custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi.
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1.
  ~ n C usually singular BrE two weeks  (I'm going away for a fortnight's holiday.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (fortnights) A fortnight is a period of two weeks. (mainly BRIT) I hope to be back in a fortnight. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Etymology: Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, from Old English feowerty?ne niht fourteen nights  Date: before 12th century a period of 14 days ; two weeks FORTNIGHTLY  I. adjective  Date: 1800 occurring or appearing once in a fortnight  II. adverb  Date: 1820 once in a fortnight ; every fortnight  III. noun  (plural -lies)  Date: 1940 a publication issued ~ ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. 1 a period of two weeks. 2 (prec. by a specified day) two weeks after (that day) (Tuesday fortnight). Etymology: OE feowertiene niht fourteen nights ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  noun две недели a fortnight today, this day fortnight - ровно через две недели this fortnight - последние/последующие две недели ...
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