barista

See also barışta, and Barista

English

Wikipedia

a barista preparing coffee

Etymology

Loanword from Italian barista (“bartender”), cognate to bar + -ist (“person”), literally “bar person”; compare barman.

Pronunciation

• (Italianate) enPR: (approximately): bărisʹtă, IPA: /baˈrista/, X-SAMPA: /ba"rista/
• (RP) enPR: bărĭsʹtə, IPA: /baˈɹɪstə/, X-SAMPA: /ba"r\Ist@/

Noun

barista (plural baristas)

1. A person who serves behind the counter in a coffee shop.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: barista (fi)
• German: Barista (de) m
• Italian: barista (it) m and f

• Russian: бариста (ru) (barísta) m
• Turkish: ocakçı (tr)

Usage notes

• Barista, in Italian, is of common gender. For English speakers cursorily familiar with Italian grammar, it may appear feminine on first encounter, as evidenced by the existence of the hypercorrect derivation baristo, intended as its masculine counterpart.

Derived terms

• baristo (hypercorrect masculine form)

Anagrams

• Arabist

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Finnish

Noun

barista

1. barista

Declension

Declension of barista (type kala) singular plural nominative barista baristat genitive baristan baristojen baristain1 partitive baristaa baristoja accusative barista baristan baristat inessive baristassa baristoissa elative baristasta baristoista illative baristaan baristoihin adessive baristalla baristoilla ablative baristalta baristoilta allative baristalle baristoille essive baristana baristoina translative baristaksi baristoiksi instructive – baristoin abessive baristatta baristoitta comitative – baristoineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Etymology

bar +‎ -ista

Noun

barista m (plural baristi) barista f (plural bariste)

1. barman (male), barmaid (female), bartender (North American), barista

Anagrams

• barasti
• basarti
• brasati
• sbraita