Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beatles

/ˈbiːtəlz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: Beat-les
IPA: /ˈbiːtəlz/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.

noun

plural of Beatle

Example Sentences

"Meronym: Beatles"
"Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God."

Etymology

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.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

the Beatles (canonical, plural)

Derived Forms

Beatle Beatledom Beatlehead Beatlelike Beatlemania Beatlemaniac Beatleness Beatlesque Beatley

Phrases

Beatle boot Beatle cut Beatle-ish Beatle-less Beatles-like big as the Beatles pre-Beatles the Fifth Beatle

Synonyms

Fab Four

Homonyms

beetles

Rhymes With

beetles

Questions

How do you pronounce beatles?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbiːtəlz/.
What does beatles mean?: An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
Where does beatles come from?: 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.

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