Beatles
Syllables: Beat·les/ˈbiːtəlz/
Beatles proper noun: an extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s. Also the plural of Beatle.
Proper noun
the Beatles pl (plural only)
- An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
- Meronym: Beatles
- Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God.2023, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla, spoken by Elvis (Jacob Elordi)
- Synonyms:
- Fab Four
Also used as
Beatles is also the plural of Beatle.
Beatles meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Beatles in Hindi
- rock music quartet
- द बीटल्स da bīṭals, बीटल्स bīṭals
Beatles in Tamil
- rock music quartet
- பீட்டில்ஸ் pīṭṭils
Beatles in Marathi
- rock music quartet
- बीटल्स bīṭalsa
Beatles in Bengali
- rock music quartet
- দ্য বিটল্স dê biṭols, বিটল্স biṭols
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- Beatles in Telugu
- ద బీటిల్స్ da bīṭils, బీటిల్స్ bīṭils
- Beatles in Malayalam
- ദി ബീറ്റിൽസ് di bīṟṟilsŭ, ബീറ്റിൽസ് bīṟṟilsŭ
- Beatles in Kannada
- ದಿ ಬೀಟಲ್ಸ್ di bīṭals, ಬೀಟಲ್ಸ್ bīṭals
- Beatles in Nepali
- द बिटल्स da biṭalsa
- Beatles in Arabic
- بِيتْلْز bītlz, بِيتِيلْز bītilz
- Beatles in Persian
- بیتلز bitelz
- Beatles in Thai
- เดอะบีตเทิลส์ dùh bèet-tern
Synonyms of Beatles
Origin of Beatles
Originally spelled Beatals, punningly referencing the expression beat all (“surpass everything”), then later altered to Beatles, blend of beat + beetles, with beat referring to "beat music" or the "beat" of a drum, and beetles inspired by the contemporaneous band name The Crickets.
Words formed from Beatles
- Beatle
- Beatle boot
- Beatle cut
- Beatledom
- Beatlehead
- Beatle-ish
- Beatle-less
- Beatlelike
- Beatlemania
- Beatlemaniac
- Beatleness
- Beatles-like
- Beatlesque
- Beatley
- big as the Beatles
- pre-Beatles
- the Fifth Beatle
Questions about Beatles
- What does Beatles mean?
- Beatles means an extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
- What is Beatles in Hindi?
- Beatles in Hindi is द बीटल्स (da bīṭals), बीटल्स (bīṭals). See Beatles meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Beatles?
- Beatles is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Beatles?
- Beatles is pronounced /ˈbiːtəlz/.
Words near Beatles in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Beatles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-Beatles.oga.
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