noughties

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noughties^¹

/ˈnɔːtiz/ UK
/ˈnoːtɪjz/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈnɔtez/ Scotland
/-tɪz/ Scotland
/-tiz/ Scotland

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From nought (“zero”) + -ies (“plural of -y”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc).

noun Noughties · Naughties · naughties

UK, capitalized, plural, plural only, sometimes The decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc. Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naug
Similar: the 2000s, the 1900s, the aughts, oughts, the zeroes, Zeroes, the '00s

Noughties^²

noun

plural, plural only Alternative letter-case form of noughties

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noun first decade

Español	años cero
中文	零零年代 línglíng niándài
Deutsch	Nullerjahre, Nuller
Italiano	anni duemila
Русский	нулевы́е nulevýje

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@misc{noughties_2026,
  title = {noughties},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noughties},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}