virtual YouTuber

English

Alternative forms

• VTuber, Vtuber

Etymology

From Japanese バーチャルYouTuber, from virtual +‎ YouTuber.

Noun

virtual YouTuber (plural virtual YouTubers)

1. An Internet personality (video creator or streamer) who operates using a virtual avatar, as a fictional or fictionalized character.

   Synonym: (slang) chuuba

   Antonym: (humorous) fleshtuber

   Hyponym: PNGTuber

   corpo VTuber ― virtual YouTuber who is affiliated with a corporation

   indie VTuber ― independent virtual YouTuber

Translations

A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character

Chinese: Mandarin: 虛擬主播 / 虚拟主播 (zh) (xūnǐ zhǔbō) French: VTuber (fr) m or f, VTubeuse (fr) f German: virtueller YouTuber m, virtuelle YouTuberin f, Vtuber m or f, Vtuberin f Indonesian: penyiar maya (literally “virtual broadcaster”), youtuber maya, vituber Japanese: バーチャルYouTuber (bācharu yūchūbā), バーチャルユーチューバー (bācharu yūchūbā), VTuber (bui-chūbā), Vチューバー (bui-chūbā), Vライバー (bui-raibā) Korean: 버츄얼 유튜버 (beochueol yutyubeo), 버튜버 (beotyubeo) Portuguese: youtuber virtual m or f, VTuber m or f

Further reading

• virtual YouTuber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia