barista

See also: barışta and Barista

English

a barista preparing coffee

Etymology

Borrowed 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/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪstə/

Noun

barista (plural baristas or baristi)

1. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
   • 2021 March 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 926, page 70:

     "From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...].

Usage notes

• Barista, in Italian, is of masculine gender, but used in reference to both men and women. 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)

Translations

person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咖啡師, 咖啡师 (kāfēishī)

• Danish: barista c
• Finnish: barista (fi)
• French: barista (fr) m or f
• German: Barista (de) m
• Greek: μπουφετζής (el) m (boufetzís), μπουφετζoύ f (boufetzoý)
• Italian: barista (it) m or f
• Maori: tuari mahi kawhe

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barista (no) m

• Polish: barista (pl) m, baristka (pl) f
• Portuguese: barista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: barista (ro) m or f
• Russian: бари́ста (ru) m (barísta)
• Spanish: barista m or f
• Swedish: barista (sv) c
• Turkish: barmen (tr)

References

• “barista”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Arabist

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Etymology

From English barista, borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

barista

1. a barista

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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

Possessive forms of barista (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	baristani	baristamme
2nd person	baristasi	baristanne
3rd person	baristansa

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Italian

Etymology

bar +‎ -ista (“-ist”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈris.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: ba‧rì‧sta

Noun

barista m or f (masculine plural baristi, feminine plural bariste)

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

Related terms

• bar

Descendants

• → English: barista

Anagrams

• barasti, basarti, brasati, sbraita

References

• barista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Polish

Etymology

From Italian barista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈrʲi.sta/

Noun

barista m pers (feminine baristka)

1. barista

Declension

declension of barista

	singular	plural
nominative	barista	bariści
genitive	baristy	baristów
dative	bariście	baristom
accusative	baristę	baristów
instrumental	baristą	baristami
locative	bariście	baristach
vocative	baristo	bariści

Further reading

• barista in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• barista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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 or f (plural baristas)

1. barista