Fortnite

/ˈfɔːrt.naɪt/

nounfort · nite

Think: “FOUR-teen nights” sounds like *fortnight*—a *fort* plus a *night* = fort-night.

Yes, it's Fortnite. Don’t spell it like the game’s “nite”—the time word is **night** in **fortnight**.

Definitions

  1. nounA period of two weeks; fourteen days.
  2. nounA popular online video game title (proper noun), often written with a capital F: Fortnite.

Examples

  • “We’ll be on vacation for a fortnight, so I won’t reply right away.”
  • “In the old story, the messenger returned after a fortnight with news.”
  • “After homework, he played Fortnite with his friends for an hour.”

Synonyms

two weeksfourteen daysbiweekly periodhalf-month (approx.)

Translations

ES quincenaPT quinzenaFR quinzaine

Common misspellings

fortnighttfortnitfornitefortnitefort-nitefort nitefortnightefortnigth

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