fortnightly

English

Etymology

fortnight +‎ -ly

Noun

fortnightly (plural fortnightlies)

1. a publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks); a bi-weekly (one sense)

Translations

a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半月刊 (zh) (bànyuèkān)

• Dutch: tweewekelijks
• French: bimensuel (fr) m, quinzomadaire (fr) m
• German: Halbmonatsschrift f
• Italian: quindicinale (it)

• Japanese: 半月刊 (はんげっかん, hangekkan)
• Polish: dwutygodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: bissemanal (pt) m
• Russian: двухнеде́льник (ru) m (dvuxnedélʹnik)
• Slovak: dojtýždenník m
• Telugu: పక్షపత్రిక (te) (pakṣapatrika)

Adjective

fortnightly (not comparable)

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

Translations

occurring once in a fortnight

• Catalan: quinzenal
• Dutch: tweewekelijks
• French: bimensuel (fr)
• Galician: quincenal
• German: vierzehntäglich, zweiwöchentlich (de)
• Hungarian: kéthetenti
• Irish: coicísiúil

• Italian: bimensile (it)
• Polish: dwutygodniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: bissemanal (pt)
• Russian: двухнеде́льный (ru) (dvuxnedélʹnyj)
• Slovak: dvojtýždenný -á -é m/f/n
• 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
• Finnish: kahden viikon välein
• French: bimensuellement (fr)
• Galician: quincenalmente
• German: alle vierzehn Tage, alle zwei Wochen
• Hungarian: kéthetente

• Italian: bimensilmente (it)
• Polish: co dwa tygodnie
• Portuguese: quinzenalmente
• Russian: раз в две неде́ли (raz v dve nedéli)
• Slovak: dvojtýždenne
• Spanish: bisemanalmente