barista

See also: Barista, barışta, and baristą

English

a barista preparing coffee

Alternative forms

• barrista

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Italianate) enPR: (approximately): bărisʹtă, IPA^(key): /baˈɹi.sta/, /baˈɾi.sta/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bărĭsʹtə, IPA^(key): /bəˈɹiː.stə/, /bəˈɹɪ.stə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɚˈi.stə/, /bɚˈɪ.stə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪ.stə/
• Rhymes: -ɪstə

Noun

barista (plural baristas or baristi)

1. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
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     "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, may be 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 (zh) (kāfēishī)

• Danish: barista c
• Esperanto: kafofaristo
• 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), barista

References

• “barista”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Arabist

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

barista

1. a barista

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian barista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑristɑ/, [ˈbɑris̠t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑristɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧ris‧ta

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

Italian

Etymology

From bar +‎ -ista (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈri.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ba‧rì‧sta

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• bar

Descendants

• → English: barista

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• barasti, basarti, bastirà, brasati, brisata, sbraita

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian barista, equivalent to bar +‎ -ista. First attested in 2003.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈris.ta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ba‧ris‧ta

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

Related terms

adjectives

• barmański
• barowy

 

nouns

• bar
• barek
• barman
• barmanka
• barobus
• barowóz

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English barista, in turn from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”).

Noun

barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)

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

Spanish

Noun

barista m or f (plural baristas)

1. barista