A sennight. To say that it is one week (or 7 days) is somewhat akin to saying that half an inch is 1.27 centimeters. While that is true, it does not in the semantical sense answer the question.
17th. Century contraction of Middle English fourteniht, from Old English feowertyne niht, (literally) "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi
The word fortnight meant the same to Shakespeare as it does now, a period of two weeks or fourteen days. It's a shortened form of "fourteen nights". It is perhaps more common nowadays in Britain than in America.
Two weeks, or fourteen days.
The phrase a "fort night" was used in the the colonial days.
The word fortnight is in regular everyday use in Britain, Australia, etc
A "fortnight" is an English word which means 2 consecutive weeks (14 nights).
It means 2 weeks, or fourteen nights. This is not an obsolete word; it is in use all the time.
"Fortnight" is a rather outdated term but is still sometimes used, particularly in Britain. One fortnight is the equivalent of fourteen days or two weeks.
a week
a fortnight
I haven't got any sleep in a fortnight.
I haven't slept in a fortnight. My money was stolen from my car only a fortnight ago. So there yes you can!
A fortnight has 14 days. Otherwise known as two weeks.
From the English for two weeks, or fourteen nights, abbreviated to fortnight.
a fortnight
What you are probably thinking of is a fortnight. A fortnight is actually 2 weeks long.
1 fortnight is 0.04 years.
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A fortnight and a day including the ceremony
a fortnight
2 weeks 14 days fortnight
Around a fortnight depending on the vessel.
A fortnight is 14 days.Or a game that is commonly played.
A fortnight (one word) is 14 days or two weeks. English dictionary.
I assume you mean Fortnight. One Fortnight equals 14 days (2 weeks) Therefore 1 fortnight equals 14/366 days (in 2012, a leap year) or .04 years. (To be exact it is 0.0382513661202186 years)