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/

Noun

barista (plural baristas)

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

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)

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

barista (plural baristas)

  1. a barista

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

Italian

Etymology

bar +‎ -ista (“-ist”)

Noun

barista m (plural baristi) barista f (plural bariste)

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

Anagrams

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

barista m, f (plural baristas)

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

Spanish

Noun

barista m, f (plural baristas)

  1. barista
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