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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
bi- + week + -ly
Pronunciation
Adjective
biweekly (not comparable)
- Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
- Occurring twice a week.
Usage notes
For maximum clarity, writing "every 2 weeks" or "twice a week" is advisable (regardless of correctness or incorrectness of "biweekly" in either sense). See also bimonthly.
Synonyms
Translations
occurring every two weeks
Adverb
biweekly (not comparable)
- Every two weeks.
- Twice a week (but see the Usage notes).
Synonyms
Translations
every two weeks
- Catalan: cada dues setmanes, quinzenal (every 15 days or twice a month)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 两周一次
- Finnish: joka toinen viikko
- French: toutes les deux semaines, tous les quinze jours
- Galician: cada dúas semanas, quincenal (gl) (this last one actually means every 15 days, but it could be used depending of the situation)
- German: alle zwei Wochen, zweiwöchentlich (de)
- Hungarian: kéthetente (hu), kéthetenként (hu)
- Italian: ogni due settimane
- Polish: codwutygodniowo, dwutygodniowo
- Portuguese: uma vez a cada duas semanas
- Russian: раз в две недели (raz v dve nedeli), каждые две недели (každyje dve nedeli)
- Spanish: cada dos semanas, quincenal (es) (this last one actually means every 15 days, but it could be used depending of the situation)
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Noun
biweekly (plural biweeklies)
- Something that is published or released once every two weeks.
- The local paper is a biweekly.
Translations
something published or released once every two weeks
See also