YouTube

See also: Youtube

English

Etymology

    A website name (from you +‎ tube (North American colloquial term for television)) implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    YouTube

    1. A video-sharing website.
      Alternative form: (abbreviation) YT
      Anthony just subscribed to someone on YouTube a day ago.
    2. Collectively, the users of YouTube; especially the content creator's viewers.
      Hi, how's it going YouTube! Sorry I wasn't able to upload a video last week!

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Noun

    YouTube (countable and uncountable, plural YouTubes)

    1. (countable) Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself.
      • 2007, Steven J. Bell, John D. Shank, Academic librarianship by design:
        None of this is to suggest that academic libraries should turn their websites into a YouTube or Facebook in which our user communities would create all the content, []
      • 2008, Bradley L. Jones, Web 2.0 Heroes:
        There is all kinds of stuff that people post there- some of it is entertaining, some is actually useful as a template for studying or for business...it is sort of like a YouTube for documents.
    2. (informal, countable) A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube.
      • 2007, Andy Ihnatko, iPhone Fully Loaded:
        Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet, []
      • 2009 March, Valerie McQueen, “Bring me the Horizon”, in Revolver:
        Not too long ago, there was a YouTube of you two brawling. How did the musical collaboration happen?
    3. (countable) A YouTube channel.
      • 2020 June 11, Dan Meyer, “National Theatre at Home to Broadcast A Midsummer Night's Dream, Starring Gwendoline Christie”, in Playbill:
        National Theatre at Home also unveiled titles for the remainder of its season, which continues to release streams every Thursday at 2 PM ET on its YouTube, with productions remaining on demand through noon ET the following Thursday.

    Translations

    Verb

    YouTube (third-person singular simple present YouTubes, present participle YouTubing, simple past and past participle YouTubed)

    1. (transitive) To upload a video of something to YouTube.
      • 2007 February 5, “Why YouTube gets my vote for political punditry”, in Guardian Unlimited[1]:
        The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:YouTube.
    2. (transitive) To search for and view on YouTube.
      • 2015 April 21, Bob Jones, “Appetite for quirky fulfilled”, in Wanganui Chronicle[2]:
        Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.
      • 2017 July 20, Sammy Guevara, Impact Wrestling:
        If you don't know me, YouTube me, because soon the whole world is going to know me.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:YouTube.
    3. (intransitive) To upload or watch videos on YouTube.

    Translations

    French

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English YouTube.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    YouTube m

    1. YouTube

    Derived terms

    German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English YouTube.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈjuːt(j)uːp/ (standard)
    • IPA(key): /ˈjuːt(j)uːb/ (some southern speakers, chiefly Switzerland)

    Proper noun

    YouTube n (proper noun, strong, genitive YouTubes or YouTube)

    1. YouTube

    Declension

    Hungarian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈjutuːb], [ˈjucuːb]
    • Hyphenation: You‧Tube
    • Rhymes: -uːb

    Proper noun

    YouTube

    1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative YouTube
    accusative YouTube-ot
    dative YouTube-nak
    instrumental YouTube-bal
    causal-final YouTube-ért
    translative YouTube-bá
    terminative YouTube-ig
    essive-formal YouTube-ként
    essive-modal
    inessive YouTube-ban
    superessive YouTube-on
    adessive YouTube-nál
    illative YouTube-ba
    sublative YouTube-ra
    allative YouTube-hoz
    elative YouTube-ból
    delative YouTube-ról
    ablative YouTube-tól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular
    YouTube-é
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural
    YouTube-éi

    Polish

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English YouTube.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈju.tup/, /ˈju.tjup/
    • Rhymes: -utup, -utjup
    • Syllabification: You‧Tube

    Proper noun

    YouTube m inan

    1. YouTube (video-sharing website)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    verbs
    • wyyoutubować pf
    • youtubować impf

    Further reading

    • YouTube in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iwˈtu.bi/ [iʊ̯ˈtu.bi], /iwˈtub/ [iʊ̯ˈtub], /juˈtu.bi/, /juˈtub/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iwˈtub/ [iʊ̯ˈtub], /iwˈtu.bi/ [iʊ̯ˈtu.bi], /juˈtub/, /juˈtu.bi/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iwˈtu.bɨ/ [iwˈtu.βɨ]

    Proper noun

    YouTube m

    1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

    Derived terms

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English YouTube.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ʝuˈtub/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪uβ̞], /ʝuˈtuf/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪uf], /ˈʝutub/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪uβ̞] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
    • IPA(key): /juˈtub/ [juˈt̪uβ̞], /juˈtuf/ [juˈt̪uf], /ˈjutub/ [ˈju.t̪uβ̞] (Argentina and Uruguay)

      • Rhymes: -ub, -uf, -utub
     
    • IPA(key): (spelling pronunciation, humorous) /ʝouˈtube/ [ɟ͡ʝou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
    • IPA(key): (spelling pronunciation, humorous) /ʃouˈtube/ [ʃou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
    • IPA(key): (spelling pronunciation, humorous) /ʒouˈtube/ [ʒou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

      • Rhymes: -ube
    • Syllabification: You‧Tube

    Proper noun

    YouTube m

    1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

    Derived terms

    Vietnamese

    Alternative forms

    • YT (abbreviation)

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English YouTube.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zu˧˧ tup̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊw˧˧ tup̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊw˧˧ tʊp̚˦˥]
    • Phonetic spelling: du túp
    • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

    Proper noun

    YouTube

    1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)