How do you pronounce noughties?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɔːtiz/.

noughties

/ˈnɔːtiz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: noughties
IPA: /ˈnɔːtiz/

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Meaning

noun

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.

British usage

noun

Alternative letter-case form of noughties.

Example Sentences

"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 naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume at reunion and let the college wag as it will; the oneties are the really wise as to what the college ought to be, especially on its athletic side, but as contributors modest."
"I doubt if any modern poet can boast of as loud acclaim or as liberal reward as Longfellow received for Evangeline or Tennyson for the Idylls, but his fate today is somewhat kinder than that of Poe or Whitman, and much gentler than the stony dole dealt out to poets in the nineties and noughties."
"During the Naughty Noughties, Jim was worth between ten and twelve million dollars and his income was more than even he could reasonably spend."
"Every young woman with "advanced" ideas must live in Paris during the decade of the "noughties," as they were dubbed by some wit."
"An obsession with designer handbags, at ever-spiralling prices, became a phenomenon of the mid-noughties, driven principally by Louis Vuitton."
"The noughties are the bridge between the pre-internet era, and the life we live now."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nought

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈnɔːtiz/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Naughties (alternative)

Phrases

mid-noughties 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

the 2000s the 1900s the aughts oughts the zeroes Zeroes the '00s

Homonyms

naughties