# aughts

> English word · Noun · IPA /oːts/

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From the sense of aught to refer to the number zero.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aughts