Meanings
adjectivefortnightly (not comparable)
- not comparableOccurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.
adverbfortnightly (not comparable)
- not comparableOnce in a fortnight; once every two weeks.
That's where my column appears, in the Greenville Herald, fortnightly.
1970, Lee Smith, "Between the Lines", as reprinted in, 2010, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, 2011 paperback edition, page 184 http://books.google.com/books?id=_h_BERi4Js8C&pg=PA184&dq=fortnightly
nounfortnightly (plural fortnightlies)
plural fortnightlies
- A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).
Synonyms: biweekly
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).
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adjectiveoccurring every two weeks
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adverbevery two weeks
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Origin
Translations
Catalan quinzenal, quinzenalment
- quinzenaloccurring once in a fortnight
- quinzenalmentonce in a fortnight
Chinese Mandarin 半月刊
- 半月刊 (bànyuèkān)a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Dutch tweewekelijks, tweewekelijks
- tweewekelijksoccurring once in a fortnight
- tweewekelijksonce in a fortnight
- tweewekelijksa publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Esperanto dusemajna
- dusemajnaoccurring once in a fortnight
Finnish kahden viikon välein, vuoroviikoittain
- kahden viikon väleinonce in a fortnight
- vuoroviikoittainonce in a fortnight
French bimensuel, bimensuellement
- bimensueloccurring once in a fortnight
- bimensuellementonce in a fortnight
- bimensuela publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
- quinzomadairea publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
German vierzehntäglich, zweiwöchentlich
- vierzehntäglichoccurring once in a fortnight
- zweiwöchentlichoccurring once in a fortnight
- alle vierzehn Tageonce in a fortnight
- alle zwei Wochenonce in a fortnight
- Halbmonatsschrifta publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Hindi पाक्षिक, पाक्षिक
- पाक्षिक (pākṣik)occurring once in a fortnight
- पाक्षिक (pākṣik)once in a fortnight
- पाक्षिक (pākṣik)a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Hungarian kéthetenkénti, kéthetenti
- kéthetenkéntioccurring once in a fortnight
- kéthetentioccurring once in a fortnight
- kéthetenteonce in a fortnight
- kéthetenkéntonce in a fortnight
Indonesian dwimingguan, dwimingguan
- dwimingguanoccurring once in a fortnight
- dwimingguana publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Irish coicísiúil, gach coicís
- coicísiúiloccurring once in a fortnight
- gach coicísonce in a fortnight
- gach dara seachtainonce in a fortnight
- coicíseána publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Italian bimensile, bimensilmente
- bimensileoccurring once in a fortnight
- bimensilmenteonce in a fortnight
- quindicinalea publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Japanese 半月刊
- 半月刊 (hangekkan)a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Polish dwutygodniowy, co dwa tygodnie
- dwutygodniowyoccurring once in a fortnight
- co dwa tygodnieonce in a fortnight
- dwutygodnika publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Portuguese bissemanal, quinzenalmente
- bissemanaloccurring once in a fortnight
- quinzenalmenteonce in a fortnight
- bissemanala publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Russian двухнеде́льный, раз в две неде́ли
- двухнеде́льный (dvuxnedélʹnyj)occurring once in a fortnight
- раз в две неде́ли (raz v dve nedéli)once in a fortnight
- двухнеде́льник (dvuxnedélʹnik)a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Slovak dvojtýždenný, dvojtýždenne
- dvojtýždennýoccurring once in a fortnight
- dvojtýždenneonce in a fortnight
- dojtýždenníka publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Spanish bisemanal, bisemanalmente
- bisemanaloccurring once in a fortnight
- bisemanalmenteonce in a fortnight
Turkish iki haftada bir, iki haftada bir
- iki haftada biroccurring once in a fortnight
- iki haftada bironce in a fortnight
- iki haftada bir çıkan dergia publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
- iki haftada bir yayımlanan dergia publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
Ukrainian двотижне́вик
- двотижне́вик (dvotyžnévyk)a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
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“fortnightly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortnightly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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