YouTube
The English phrase 'youtube' is translated into Latin as YouTube.
YouTube is used as a name for the video-sharing website.
Meaning: a video-sharing website (name)
Did you know?
- A Latinist might jokingly refer to a YouTuber as a creator imaginum, literally a 'creator of images'.
- Latin has no single word for 'streaming', so a Latin speaker would describe YouTube as a place for imagines moventes, or 'moving images'.
- Some Latinists treat YouTube as a second-declension neuter noun, meaning it would be YouTube in the nominative and YouTubi in the genitive.
Examples in context
- Canis in YouTube videtur.A dog is seen on YouTube.
Example conversation
Two students are discussing a tutorial for their project.
- MarcusUbi invenisti hoc?Where did you find this?
- ClaudiaIn YouTube inveni.I found it on YouTube.
- MarcusEstne video longum?Is it a long video?
- ClaudiaMinime, breve est.No, it is short.