aughts

== English == === Alternative forms === oughts === Etymology === From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero. === Pronunciation === (UK, New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /oːts/ (Canada, New England) IPA(key): /ɒts/ IPA(key): (US) /ɔts/, (cot–caught merger) /ɑts/ Rhymes: -ɒːts, -ɔːts, -ɑːts === Noun === the aughts pl (plural only) The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties. ==== Derived terms ==== mid-aughts late-aughts ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === aughts (not comparable) From or evoking the first decade of a century (chiefly the 2000s). === Anagrams === ghauts, saught