barista

See also: barışta and Barista

English

a barista preparing coffee

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.

Pronunciation

• (Italianate) enPR: (approximately): bărisʹtă, IPA^(key): /baˈɹista/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bărĭsʹtə, IPA^(key): /bəˈɹiːstə/; IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪstə/

Noun

barista (plural baristas)

1. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

Translations

person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: barista (fi)
• French: barista (fr) m, f
• German: Barista (de) m
• Italian: barista (it) m, f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barista (no) m

• Portuguese: barista (pt) m, f
• Romanian: barista (ro) m, f
• Russian: бари́ста (ru) m (barísta)
• Spanish: barista m, f
• Turkish: barmen (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

Inflection of barista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		barista	baristat
genitive		baristan	baristojen
partitive		baristaa	baristoja
illative		baristaan	baristoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		barista	baristat
accusative	nom.	barista	baristat
	gen.	baristan
genitive		baristan	baristojen baristainrare
partitive		baristaa	baristoja
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

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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

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Portuguese

Noun

barista m f (plural baristas)

1. barista (person who serves in a coffee shop)

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Spanish

Noun

barista m, f (plural baristas)

1. barista