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)

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

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
• 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)

Anagrams

• Arabist

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Cebuano

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”)

Noun

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

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

Anagrams

• barasti
• basarti
• brasati
• sbraita

Descendants

• → English: barista

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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