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English

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 YouTube on Wikipedia
Logo of YouTube

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *uswé
Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is ?
Proto-Indo-European *uswísder.
Proto-Germanic *izwiz
Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz
Old English ēow
Middle English yow
English you
Latin tuba
Latin tubus der.
Middle French tube der.
English tube
English YouTube

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

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    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!

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    a video-sharing website

    Noun

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    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.

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    any website that allows users to upload content

    Verb

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    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] , archived from the original on 24 April 2015:
        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.

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    to upload a video of something to YouTube
    to search for and view on YouTube

    French

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    French Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia fr

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      Borrowed from English YouTube .

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      YouTube m

      1. YouTube

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      German

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        Borrowed from English YouTube .

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

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

        1. YouTube

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        Declension of YouTube [sg-only, neuter, strong]
        singular
        indef. def. noun
        nominative ein das YouTube
        genitive eines des YouTubes , YouTube
        dative einem dem YouTube
        accusative ein das YouTube

        Hungarian

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        Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia hu

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

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        YouTube

        1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

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        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

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        Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia pl

        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *uswé
        Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is ?
        Proto-Indo-European *uswísder.
        Proto-Germanic *izwiz
        Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz
        Old English ēow
        Middle English yow
        English you
        Latin tuba
        Latin tubus der.
        Middle French tube der.
        English tube
        English YouTube ubor.
        Polish YouTube

          Unadapted borrowing from English YouTube .

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          YouTube m animal or m inan

          1. YouTube (video-sharing website)
            Na filmiku na YouTubie wikławiec brykał po plecach właściciela.In a YouTube video, a kinkajou was scampering around on its owner's back.

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          Declension of YouTube
          singular
          nominative YouTube
          genitive YouTube'a
          dative YouTube'owi
          accusative YouTube'a/YouTube
          instrumental YouTube'em
          locative YouTubie
          vocative YouTubie

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          Further reading

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          • "YouTube", in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)

          Portuguese

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

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          YouTube m

          1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

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          Spanish

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          Etymology

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          Etymology tree
          Proto-Indo-European *uswé
          Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is ?
          Proto-Indo-European *uswísder.
          Proto-Germanic *izwiz
          Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz
          Old English ēow
          Middle English yow
          English you
          Latin tuba
          Latin tubus der.
          Middle French tube der.
          English tube
          English YouTube bor.
          Spanish YouTube

            Borrowed from English YouTube .

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            • IPA (key): /ʝuˈtub/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪uβ̞], /ʝuˈtuf/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪uf], /ʝuˈtube/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪u.β̞e], /ʝouˈtube/ [ɟ͡ʝou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e], /ˈʝutub/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪uβ̞]
            • IPA (key): /ʝuˈtub/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪uβ̞], /ʝuˈtuf/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪uf], /ʝuˈtube/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈt̪u.β̞e], /ʝouˈtube/ [ɟ͡ʝou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e], /ˈʝutub/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.t̪uβ̞] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay )
            • IPA (key): /ʃuˈtub/ [ʃuˈt̪uβ̞], /ʃuˈtuf/ [ʃuˈt̪uf], /ʃuˈtube/ [ʃuˈt̪u.β̞e], /ʃouˈtube/ [ʃou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e], /ˈʃutub/ [ˈʃu.t̪uβ̞] (Buenos Aires and environs)
            • IPA (key): /ʒuˈtub/ [ʒuˈt̪uβ̞], /ʒuˈtuf/ [ʒuˈt̪uf], /ʒuˈtube/ [ʒuˈt̪u.β̞e], /ʒouˈtube/ [ʒou̯ˈt̪u.β̞e], /ˈʒutub/ [ˈʒu.t̪uβ̞] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay )

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            YouTube m

            1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

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            Vietnamese

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            Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
            Wikipedia vi

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            Borrowed from English YouTube .

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            YouTube

            1. YouTube (a video-sharing website)

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