YouTube

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UK/ˈjuːtʃuːb/UK/ˈjuːtjuːb/US/ˈjutub/Australia, New Zealand/ˈjʉːtʃʉːb/

proper noun

A video-sharing website.

“Anthony just subscribed to someone on YouTube a day ago.”

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Meanings

YouTube1

proper noun

alternative misspelling Youtube

  1. A video-sharing website.

    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!

nounYouTube (countable and uncountable, plural YouTubes)

plural YouTubes · alternative misspelling Youtube

  1. countableAny 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,[…]

    2007, Steven J. Bell, John D. Shank, Academic librarianship by design
    1 more example

    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.

    2008, Bradley L. Jones, Web 2.0 Heroes
  2. countableinformalA small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on YouTube.

    Not too long ago, there was a YouTube of you two brawling. How did the musical collaboration happen?

    2009 March, Valerie McQueen, “Bring me the Horizon”, in Revolver
    1 more example

    Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet,[…]

    2007, Andy Ihnatko, iPhone Fully Loaded
  3. countableA 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.

    2020 June 11, Dan Meyer, “National Theatre at Home to Broadcast A Midsummer Night's Dream, Starring Gwendoline Christie”, in Playbill
verbYouTube (third-person singular simple present YouTubes, present participle YouTubing, simple past and past participle YouTubed)

present singular third person YouTubes · participle present YouTubing · participle past YouTubed · past YouTubed · alternative misspelling Youtube

  1. transitiveTo upload a video of something to YouTube.

    The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed.

    2007 February 5, “Why YouTube gets my vote for political punditry”, in Guardian Unlimited
  2. transitiveTo search for and view on YouTube.

    If you don't know me, YouTube me, because soon the whole world is going to know me.

    2017 July 20, Sammy Guevara, Impact Wrestling
    1 more example

    Inquiry elicited that he was a pop singer. I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.

    2015 April 21, Bob Jones, “Appetite for quirky fulfilled”, in Wanganui Chronicle, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2015
  3. intransitiveTo upload or watch videos on YouTube.

Youtube2

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of YouTube.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yúHs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*uswé
  3. Proto-Indo-European*uswís
  4. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  6. Old Englishēow
  7. Middle Englishyow
  8. Englishyou
  9. Latintuba
  10. Latintubus
  11. Middle Frenchtube
  12. Englishtube
  13. EnglishYouTube

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

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic يُوتِيُوب, يُوتْيُوب
  • يُوتِيُوب (yūtiyūb)a video-sharing website
  • يُوتْيُوب (yūtyūb)a video-sharing website
Bengali ইউটিউব
  • ইউটিউব (iuṭiub)a video-sharing website
Bulgarian ютю́б
  • ютю́б (jutjúb)a video-sharing website
Chinese Mandarin YouTube, 優兔 /优兔
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
  • 優兔 /优兔 (yōutù)a video-sharing website
  • 油管 (yóuguǎn)a video-sharing website
  • 在線視頻網站 /在线视频网站 (zàixiàn shìpín wǎngzhàn)any website that allows users to upload content
Dutch YouTube, youtuben
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
  • youtubento upload a video of something to YouTube
  • youtubento search for and view on YouTube
Esperanto Jutubo
  • Jutuboa video-sharing website
Estonian YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
Finnish YouTube, YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
  • YouTubeany website that allows users to upload content
  • tubeany website that allows users to upload content
French YouTube, Youtube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
  • Youtubeany website that allows users to upload content
German YouTube, youtuben
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
  • youtubento upload a video of something to YouTube
  • youtubento search for and view on YouTube
Greek γιουτιούμπ
  • γιουτιούμπ (gioutioúmp)a video-sharing website
Hebrew יוּטְיוּבּ
  • יוּטְיוּבּ (yutyub)a video-sharing website
Hindi यूट्यूब
  • यूट्यूब (yūṭyūb)a video-sharing website
Hungarian YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
Japanese ユーチューブ, ようつべ
  • ユーチューブ (Yūchūbu)a video-sharing website
  • ようつべ (Yōtsube)a video-sharing website
Korean 유튜브
  • 유튜브 (Yutyubeu)a video-sharing website
Lithuanian jutubas
  • jutubasa video-sharing website
Māori tiriata
  • tiriataa video-sharing website
Polish YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
Portuguese YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
Russian юту́б, ютью́б
  • юту́б (jutúb)a video-sharing website
  • ютью́б (jutʹjúb)a video-sharing website
  • ютю́б (jutjúb)a video-sharing website
  • юта́б (jutáb)a video-sharing website
  • тытруба́ (tytrubá)a video-sharing website
Spanish YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
Swedish Youtube
  • Youtubea video-sharing website
Tamil வலைஒளி
  • வலைஒளி (valai’oḷi)a video-sharing website
Thai ยูทูบ
  • ยูทูบ (yuu-túup)a video-sharing website
Turkish YouTube, yutup
  • YouTubea video-sharing website
  • yutupa video-sharing website
Ukrainian юту́б
  • юту́б (jutúb)a video-sharing website
Urdu یُوٹْیُوب
  • یُوٹْیُوب (yūṭyūb)a video-sharing website
Vietnamese YouTube
  • YouTubea video-sharing website

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Cite this entry
APA

YouTube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/YouTube

MLA

“YouTube.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/YouTube. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “YouTube,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/YouTube.

Source: YouTube on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.