noughties

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːtiz/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈnoːtɪjz/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ˈnɔtez/
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• Scotland: /-tɪz/
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• Scotland: /-tiz/
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• homophone: naughties
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From nought (“zero”) + -ies (“plural of -y”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: nultá léta — first decade
• Danish: nullerne — first decade
• Dutch: jaren nul — first decade
• Estonian: nullindad — first decade
• Georgian: 00-იანები (00-ianebi) — first decade
• Georgian: 00-იანი წლები (00-iani c̣lebi) — first decade
• German: Nullerjahre — first decade
• German: Nuller — first decade
• Icelandic: fyrsti áratugurinn — first decade
• Italian: anni duemila — first decade
• Russian: нулевы́е (nulevýje) — first decade
• Spanish: años cero — first decade
• Swedish: 00-tal — first decade
• Swedish: nollnolltal — first decade
• Ukrainian: нульові́ (nulʹoví) — first decade