Keats

English

Etymology

From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkits/
• Rhymes: -iːts

Proper noun

Keats

1. A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
2. John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.

Derived terms

• Keatsian

Translations

transliterations of the name Keats

• Arabic: كِيتْس (kīts)
• Armenian: Քիթս (Kʻitʻs)
• Belarusian: Кітс (Kits)
• Bengali: কিটস (kiṭoś)
• Bulgarian: Кийтс (Kijts)
• Burmese: ကိ (ki.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 濟慈／济慈 (zai³ ci⁴)

  Gan: 吉茨

  Mandarin: 濟慈／济慈 (Jìcí), 基茨 (Jīcí)

• Georgian: კიტსი (ḳiṭsi)
• Greek: Κητς (el) (Kits)
• Hebrew: קִיטְס (Kits)
• Hindi: कीट्स (kīṭs)
• Japanese: キーツ (Kītsu)
• Kannada: ಕೀಟ್ಸ್ (kīṭs)
• Korean: 키츠 (Kicheu)
• Latvian: Kītss
• Malayalam: കീറ്റ്സ് (kīṟṟsŭ)
• Nepali: किट्स (kiṭsa)
• Persian: کیتس (kits)
• Punjabi: ਕੀਟਸ (kīṭas)
• Russian: Китс (Kits)
• Sanskrit: कीट्स (kīṭsa)
• Sindhi: ڪيٽس (Kīṭs)
• Tamil: கீற்ஸ் (kīṟs)
• Thai: คีตส์ (kîits)
• Ukrainian: Кітс (Kits)
• Urdu: کیٹس (Kīṭs)
• Western Panjabi: کیٹس (Kīṭs)

Further reading

• “Keats”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Keast, Skate, Skeat, Stake, kates, ketas, skate, stake, steak, takes, teaks