# bartender
## English
### Alternative forms

* bar-tender

### Etymology

From bar +‎ tender.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/
* Hyphenation: bar‧tend‧er

### Noun

bartender (plural bartenders)
* One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from 19th c.]
** 2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba:He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers...
** 2010, Erich R. Sysak, Water Heart:They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.

#### Synonyms

* barkeep
* barkeeper
* mixologist

#### Hyponyms

* barmaid
* barman

#### Coordinate terms

* barback
* barista

#### Derived terms

* beertender
* budtender
* cheftender
* flair bartender
* potender

#### Related terms

* tapster
* knight of the spigot
* taverner
* publican
* alewife
* victualler
* tapper

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: bartender
* → Danish: bartender
* → Norwegian Bokmål: bartender
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: bartender
* → Spanish: bartender
* → Swedish: bartender
* → Tagalog: bartender

#### Translations
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bartender.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bar‧ten‧der
* IPA: /ˌbaɾtenˈdeɾ/ [ˌbaɾ̪.t̪en̪ˈd̪iɾ̪]

### Noun

bártendér
* bartender

#### Related terms

* bar

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From American English bartender.

### Noun

bartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartendere, definite plural bartenderne)
* a bartender, barman, barmaid (female)
    Den hyggelige kvinnelige bartenderen smiler til oss og ønsker oss velkommen.The pleasant barmaid smiles at us and bids us welcome.

#### Related terms

* bar

### References

* “bartender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From American English bartender.

### Noun

bartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartenderar, definite plural bartenderane)
* a bartender, barman, barmaid (female)

#### Usage notes

Also spelt bartendar, perhaps unofficially.

#### Related terms

* bar

### References

* “bartender” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bartender.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbaɾˈtendeɾ/ [ˌbaɾˈt̪ẽn̪.d̪eɾ]
* Rhymes: -endeɾ
* Syllabification: bar‧ten‧der

### Noun

bartender m or f by sense (plural bartenders)
* bartender
    Synonym: barman

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bartender.

### Noun

bartender c
* a bartender

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | bartender | bartenders |
| singular | definite | bartendern | bartenderns |
| plural | indefinite | bartendrar | bartendrars |
| plural | definite | bartendrarna | bartendrarnas |

#### See also

* bar
* bardisk (“bar counter, bar”)
* cocktail
* drink

### References

* bartender in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bartender in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bartender.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaɾtendeɾ/ [ˌbaɾ.t̪ɛn̪ˈd̪ɛɾ], /ˌbaɾˈtendeɾ/ [ˌbaɾˈt̪ɛn̪.d̪ɛɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾtendeɾ, -endeɾ
* Syllabification: bar‧ten‧der

### Noun

bártendér or bárténder (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔)
* bartender

#### Related terms

* bar

### Further reading

* “bartender”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “bartender”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018