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YouTube¹
- /ˈjuːtʃuːb/ UK
- /ˈjuːtjuːb/ UK
- /ˈjutub/ US
- /ˈjʉːtʃʉːb/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈjʉtʃʉb/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-tjʉb/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈjuːtɪʊ̯b/ Wales
Sounds like U-tube · Rhymes with -uːtjuːb, -uːtʃuːb
Where it comes from
A website name (from you + tube (“North American colloquial term for television”)) implying that users (you) may submit their own television (tube) content.
proper noun Youtube
- A video-sharing website. Anthony just subscribed to someone on YouTube a day ago.
- 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!
noun YouTubes · Youtube
- Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself. 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,[…]
- A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube. Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet,[…]
- A YouTube channel. 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.
verb YouTubes · YouTubing · YouTubed · Youtube
- To upload a video of something to YouTube. The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed.
- To search for and view on YouTube. Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.
- To upload or watch videos on YouTube.
Youtube²
noun
- Misspelling of YouTube
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: videos, vimeo, tiktok, site, videoblog, webisode, studytube, tube site, vlog, video, sharity, instagram, vidcast, vblog, vlogging, vidblog
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name a video-sharing website
| Español | YouTube |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유튜브 Yutyubeu |
| 日本語 | ユーチューブ Yūchūbu, ようつべ Yōtsube |
| 中文 | YouTube, 優兔 /优兔 yōutù, 油管 yóuguǎn |
| हिन्दी | यूट्यूब yūṭyūb |
| Português | YouTube |
| Français | YouTube |
| Deutsch | YouTube |
| Ελληνικά | γιουτιούμπ gioutioúmp |
| Русский | юту́б jutúb, ютью́б jutʹjúb, ютю́б jutjúb, юта́б jutáb, тытруба́ tytrubá |
| Tiếng Việt | YouTube |
| العربية | يُوتِيُوب yūtiyūb, يُوتْيُوب yūtyūb |
| עברית | יוּטְיוּבּ yutyub |
noun any website that allows users to upload content
| 中文 | 在線視頻網站 /在线视频网站 zàixiàn shìpín wǎngzhàn |
|---|---|
| Français | Youtube |
verb to upload a video of something to YouTube
| Deutsch | youtuben |
|---|
verb to search for and view on YouTube
| Deutsch | youtuben |
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title = {YouTube},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/youtube},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
