fortnightly

English

Etymology

From fortnight + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fortnightly (not comparable)

1. Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.

Translations

occurring once in a fortnight

• Catalan: quinzenal
• Dutch: tweewekelijks (nl)
• Esperanto: dusemajna
• French: bimensuel (fr)
• Galician: quincenal (gl)
• German: vierzehntäglich, zweiwöchentlich (de)
• Hindi: पाक्षिक (hi) (pākṣik)
• Hungarian: kéthetenkénti (hu), (less commonly) kéthetenti
• Ido: dusemana
• Indonesian: dwimingguan (id)
• Irish: coicísiúil
• Italian: bimensile (it)
• Macedonian: двонеделен (dvonedelen)
• Polish: dwutygodniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: bissemanal (pt)
• Russian: двухнеде́льный (ru) (dvuxnedélʹnyj)
• Slovak: dvojtýždenný
• Spanish: bisemanal (es)
• Turkish: iki haftada bir

Adverb

fortnightly (not comparable)

1. once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
   • 1970, Lee Smith, "Between the Lines", as reprinted in, 2010, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, 2011 paperback edition, →ISBN, page 184 [1]:

     That's where my column appears, in the Greenville Herald, fortnightly.

Translations

once in a fortnight

• Catalan: quinzenalment
• Dutch: tweewekelijks (nl)
• Finnish: kahden viikon välein, vuoroviikoittain
• French: bimensuellement (fr)
• Galician: quincenalmente (gl)
• German: alle vierzehn Tage, alle zwei Wochen
• Hindi: पाक्षिक (hi) (pākṣik)
• Hungarian: kéthetente (hu), kéthetenként (hu)
• Ido: dusemane
• Irish: gach coicís, gach dara seachtain
• Italian: bimensilmente (it)
• Macedonian: двонеделно (dvonedelno)
• Polish: co dwa tygodnie
• Portuguese: quinzenalmente
• Russian: раз в две неде́ли (raz v dve nedéli)
• Slovak: dvojtýždenne
• Spanish: bisemanalmente
• Turkish: iki haftada bir

Noun

fortnightly (plural fortnightlies)

1. A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).

   Synonym: (US) biweekly

Translations

a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半月刊 (zh) (bànyuèkān)

• Dutch: tweewekelijks (nl)
• French: bimensuel (fr) m, quinzomadaire (fr) m
• German: Halbmonatsschrift f
• Hindi: पाक्षिक (hi) m (pākṣik)
• Indonesian: dwimingguan (id)
• Irish: coicíseán m
• Italian: quindicinale (it)
• Japanese: 半月刊 (はんげっかん, hangekkan)
• Macedonian: двонеделник m (dvonedelnik)
• Polish: dwutygodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: bissemanal (pt) m
• Russian: двухнеде́льник (ru) m (dvuxnedélʹnik)
• Slovak: dojtýždenník m
• Telugu: పక్షపత్రిక (te) (pakṣapatrika)
• Turkish: iki haftada bir çıkan dergi, iki haftada bir yayımlanan dergi
• Ukrainian: двотижне́вик m (dvotyžnévyk)