Meanings
nounbiweekly (plural biweeklies)
plural biweeklies · alternative bi-weekly
- Something that is published or released once every two weeks.
The local paper is a biweekly.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
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adjectiveOccurring twice a week.
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adverbEvery two weeks.
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adverbTwice a week (but see the Usage notes).
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twice weeklysemi-weekly
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoccurring every two weeks
adjectiveoccurring twice a week
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adverbtwice a week
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adverbevery two weeks
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Translations
Basque hamabosteroko, hamaboskari
- hamabosterokooccurring every two weeks
- hamaboskarisomething published or released once every two weeks
Catalan cada dues setmanes, quinzenal
- cada dues setmanesevery two weeks
- quinzenalevery two weeks
- dos cops per setmanatwice a week
Chinese Mandarin 两周一次, 一周两次
- 两周一次occurring every two weeks
- 一周两次occurring twice a week
- 两周一次every two weeks
- 一周两次twice a week
- 双周刊something published or released once every two weeks
Danish hver anden uge
- hver anden ugeoccurring every two weeks
Dutch om de week, tweemaal per week
- om de weekoccurring every two weeks
- tweemaal per weekoccurring twice a week
Finnish joka toinen viikko tapahtuva, vuoroviikoittainen
- joka toinen viikko tapahtuvaoccurring every two weeks
- vuoroviikoittainenoccurring every two weeks
- kahdesti viikossa tapahtuvaoccurring twice a week
- joka toinen viikkoevery two weeks
- kahdesti viikossatwice a week
- joka toinen viikko ilmestyvä (julkaisu)something published or released once every two weeks
French bimensuel, bihebdomadaire
- bimensueloccurring every two weeks
- bihebdomadaireoccurring twice a week
- toutes les deux semainesevery two weeks
- tous les quinze joursevery two weeks
- quinzomadairementevery two weeks
- bihebdomadairementtwice a week
- deux fois par semainetwice a week
- bimensuelsomething published or released once every two weeks
- quinzomadairesomething published or released once every two weeks
German alle zwei Wochen, vierzehntägig
- alle zwei Wochenoccurring every two weeks
- vierzehntägigoccurring every two weeks
- zweimal pro Wocheoccurring twice a week
- alle zwei Wochenevery two weeks
- zweiwöchentlichevery two weeks
- zweimal pro Wochetwice a week
Hindi पाक्षिक
- पाक्षिक (pākṣik)occurring every two weeks
Hungarian kéthetenkénti, hetente/heti kétszeri
- kéthetenkéntioccurring every two weeks
- hetente/heti kétszerioccurring twice a week
- kéthetenteevery two weeks
- kéthetenkéntevery two weeks
- hetente/heti kétszertwice a week
Italian bisettimanale, ogni due settimane
- bisettimanaleoccurring twice a week
- ogni due settimaneevery two weeks
- due volte alla settimanatwice a week
Polish codwutygodniowy, dwutygodniowy
- codwutygodniowyoccurring every two weeks
- dwutygodniowyoccurring every two weeks
- copółtygodniowyoccurring twice a week
- codwutygodniowoevery two weeks
- dwutygodniowoevery two weeks
- dwa razy w tygodniutwice a week
- dwa razy na tydzieńtwice a week
- copółtygodniowotwice a week
- dwutygodniksomething published or released once every two weeks
Portuguese quinzenal, bissemanal
- quinzenaloccurring every two weeks
- bissemanaloccurring twice a week
- uma vez a cada duas semanasevery two weeks
- duas vezes por semanatwice a week
Russian раз в две недели, два раза в неделю
- раз в две недели (raz v dve nedeli)occurring every two weeks
- два раза в неделю (dva raza v nedelju)occurring twice a week
- раз в две недели (raz v dve nedeli)every two weeks
- каждые две недели (každyje dve nedeli)every two weeks
- два раза в неделю (dva raza v nedelju)twice a week
- два́жды в неделю (dváždy v nedelju)twice a week
Spanish quincenal, bisemanal
- quincenaloccurring every two weeks
- bisemanaloccurring twice a week
- cada dos semanasevery two weeks
- quincenalevery two weeks
- dos veces por semanatwice a week
- bisemanariosomething published or released once every two weeks
Swedish varannan vecka, två gånger i veckan
- varannan veckaoccurring every two weeks
- två gånger i veckanoccurring twice a week
Thai ทุกสองอาทิตย์, ทุกสองสัปดาห์
- ทุกสองอาทิตย์ (túk-sɔ̌ɔng-aa-tít)occurring every two weeks
- ทุกสองสัปดาห์ (túk-sɔ̌ɔng-sàp-daa)occurring every two weeks
- อาทิตย์ละสองครั้ง (aa-tít-lá-sɔ̌ɔng-kráng)occurring twice a week
- สัปดาห์ละสองครั้ง (sàp-daa-lá-sɔ̌ɔng-kráng)occurring twice a week
- รายปักษ์ (raai-bpàk)something published or released once every two weeks
Rhymes & wordplay
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