Meanings
- pluralplural onlyAn extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
Meronym: Beatles
1 more example
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
- pluralplural of Beatle
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِيتْلْز, بِيتِيلْز
- بِيتْلْز (bītlz)rock music quartet
- بِيتِيلْز (bītilz)rock music quartet
Bengali দ্য বিটল্স, বিটল্স
- দ্য বিটল্স (dê biṭols)rock music quartet
- বিটল্স (biṭols)rock music quartet
Bulgarian Би́йтълс
- Би́йтълс (Bíjtăls)rock music quartet
Chinese Cantonese 披頭四 /披头四
- 披頭四 /披头四 (pei¹ tau⁴ sei³)rock music quartet
Chinese Mandarin 披頭士 /披头士, 披頭四 /披头四
- 披頭士 /披头士 (Pītóushì)rock music quartet
- 披頭四 /披头四 (Pītóusì)rock music quartet
Finnish Beatles
- Beatlesrock music quartet
French Beatles
- Beatlesrock music quartet
German Beatles
- Beatlesrock music quartet
Greek Μπητλς
- Μπητλς (Bitls)rock music quartet
Hebrew הביטלס
- הביטלס (haBitels)rock music quartet
Hindi द बीटल्स, बीटल्स
- द बीटल्स (da bīṭals)rock music quartet
- बीटल्स (bīṭals)rock music quartet
Icelandic Bítlarnir
- Bítlarnirrock music quartet
Japanese ビートルズ, ザ・ビートルズ
- ビートルズ (Bītoruzu)rock music quartet
- ザ・ビートルズ (za-Bītoruzu)rock music quartet
Korean 비틀즈, 더 비틀즈
- 비틀즈 (Biteuljeu)rock music quartet
- 더 비틀즈 (deo Biteuljeu)rock music quartet
Persian بیتلز
- بیتلز (bitelz)rock music quartet
Polish Beatlesi
- Beatlesirock music quartet
Portuguese Os Beatles
- Os Beatlesrock music quartet
Russian Битлз, Битлы́
- Битлз (Bitlz)rock music quartet
- Битлы́ (Bitlý)rock music quartet
Spanish los Beatles
- los Beatlesrock music quartet
Swedish Beatles, Beatlarna
- Beatlesrock music quartet
- Beatlarnarock music quartet
Tamil பீட்டில்ஸ்
- பீட்டில்ஸ் (pīṭṭils)rock music quartet
Thai เดอะบีตเทิลส์
- เดอะบีตเทิลส์ (dùh bèet-tern)rock music quartet
Turkish Beatles
- Beatlesrock music quartet
Ukrainian Бітлз
- Бітлз (Bitlz)rock music quartet
Yiddish די ביטלס
- די ביטלס (di bitls)rock music quartet
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Cite this entry
Beatles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beatles
“Beatles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beatles. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Beatles,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beatles.
Source: Beatles on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.