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noun, masculine

quinze jours

/kɛ̃z ʒuʁ/

noun, masculine/kɛ̃z ʒuʁ/

a fortnight, a period of two weeks, of fourteen days (exactly or approximately)

dans quinze joursin two weeks

Literally, “fifteen days”. Possibly originally a Celtic concept; compare the etymologies of Welsh pythefnos (literally “fifteen nights”) and Irish coicís (literally “fifteen”).