Phrase guide

virtual YouTuber

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • corpo VTuber
  • indie VTuber

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chuuba

Antonyms: fleshtuber

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 虛擬主播 /虚拟主播 (xūnǐ zhǔbō) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 管人 (guǎnrén) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • French: VTuber — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • French: VTubeuse — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • German: virtueller YouTuber — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • German: virtuelle YouTuberin — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • German: Vtuber — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • German: Vtuberin — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Indonesian: penyiar maya — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Indonesian: youtuber maya — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Indonesian: vituber — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Japanese: バーチャルYouTuber — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Japanese: バーチャルユーチューバー (bācharu yūchūbā) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Japanese: VTuber (VTuber) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Japanese: Vチューバー (bui-chūbā) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Japanese: Vライバー (bui-raibā) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Korean: 버츄얼 유튜버 (beochueol yutyubeo) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Korean: 버튜버 (beotyubeo) — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Portuguese: youtuber virtual — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
  • Portuguese: VTuber — A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character