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^(key): /baˈrista/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bărĭsʹtə, IPA^(key): /baˈɹɪstə/

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, f

• Russian: бариста (ru) m (barísta)
• 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 (Kotus type 9/kala)

		singular	plural
nominative		barista	baristat
accusative	zero?	barista	baristat
	normal	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