English
A VTuber
Etymology
From Japanese バーチャルYouTuber, from virtual + YouTuber.
Noun
virtual YouTuber (plural virtual YouTubers)
- 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
Translations
A YouTuber who acts as a virtual character
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 虛擬主播 / 虚拟主播 (zh) (xūnǐ zhǔbō), 管人 (zh) (guǎnrén) (slang)
- 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, バーチャルユーチューバー (bācharu yūchūbā), VTuber, 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
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