# barista
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bəˈɹiːs.tə/, /bəˈɹɪs.tə/
* (General American) IPA: /bəˈɹis.tə/, /bəˈɹɪs.tə/
* (General Australian) IPA: /bəˈɹɪs.tə/
* IPA: /baˈɹis.ta/, /baˈɾis.ta/ (unadapted Italian pronunciation)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪstə
* Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

### Noun

barista (plural baristas or baristi)
* A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
** 2021 March 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 926, page 70:"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)
* cannista

#### Translations
### Verb

barista (third-person singular simple present baristas, present participle barista-ing or (uncommon) baristaing, simple past and past participle baristaed or barista'd)
* To work as a barista.
** 2007, Kate Hardy [pseudonym; Pamela Brooks], In Bed with Her Italian Boss, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 24:I helped out in the business while I was at school—we all did, whether it was washing up or baristaing or clearing the tables for Dad and washing them down when the shop closed—but this one night I was meant to be working a late shift when I had a chance to play in a concert. […] Are you still OK for another half-hour lesson on baristaing, tonight? […] ‘It’s advanced baristaing—an extra,’ he admitted.
** 2009, Laura Schaefer, The Teashop Girls, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 220:Nevertheless, we’ll both be done with barista-ing soon.
** 2009, Jody Gehrman, Triple Shot Bettys in Love, Dial Books, →ISBN:We hadn’t exchanged a word since our stupid tiff at TSB—we’d just baristaed side by side in silence, which isn’t easy when your workspace is the size of a broom closet.
** 2011, Andrew Wear, “The Flavor of Choice: Neoliberalism and the Espresso Aesthetic”, in Scott F. Parker, Michael W. Austin, editors, Coffee – Philosophy for Everyone: Grounds for Debate, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 163:If pure chance guided me to glory in the heady world of competitive barista-ing, the rewards came to be measured in frustration.
** 2013, K.W. Taylor, “Doomed”, in Sarah Hans, editor, Sidekicks!, Alliteration Ink, →ISBN, page 170:But it was crappy of me to steal instead of bartending or barista-ing or temping or something.
** 2015, Jo Knowles, Read Between the Lines, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 57:Barista Boy grins and goes back to barista-ing.
** 2015, Kate Rorick, Rachel Kiley, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 95:I nodded to Mary, where she was working the frothing machine like she’d been barista-ing for much longer than a month.
** 2015, Richard Polt, The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist’s Companion for the 21st Century, The Countryman Press, →ISBN:When she’s not barista-ing, she’s writing scripts for murder mystery dinner events.
** 2016, Cara McKenna, chapter 19, in Downtown Devil, InterMix, published 2017, →ISBN:“How was barista-ing?” “Same as always. A few more burns, a few more tips.”
** 2017, Ken Davenport, How to Succeed in the Arts…Or in Anything, Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., →ISBN, page 44:Somewhere right now, behind the counter at a McDonald’s or delivering pizza for Domino’s or barista-ing at Starbucks, there may be a guy with a gaggle of fantastic ideas for screenplays, Broadway shows, computer software, or, yeah, even healthcare!
** 2018, Kirsten Weiss, chapter 15, in Witch: A Doyle Witch Cozy Mystery, →ISBN:Because I can’t fight crime every day, I spent Tuesday and Wednesday doing what I get paid for: barista-ing.
** 2019, Arthur Smyth, Duet Quartet, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 34:Actually I hear nothing but orders, shouts of / disembodied names / disembodied people / Barista-ing, hard on the legs
** 2020, Jan Gallagher, Double Latte Death, Xlibris, →ISBN:It’s easy—I turn out to be a sort of savant at barista-ing. […] Between customers I instruct her in the fine art of barista-ing.
** 2020, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Starling Days, The Overlook Press, →ISBN:Along the halls, stories were muttered of graduates turned down from barista-ing, pool attending, dishwashing.
** 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Little, Brown and Company, published 2023, →ISBN:But after X times of harassing him, he’d caved and admitted he only got 11 pages in before bowing out. This right after I’d finished trying to walk across country. Failing to. Back home barista-ing. Renting a room out of my high school home.
** 2023, Kira Davis, “Critical Race Theory (Here Goes Nothin’)”, in Drawing Lines: Why Conservatives Must Begin to Battle Fiercely in the Arena of Ideas, Fidelis Publishing, →ISBN:My first child was three by that time and I’d given up acting (okay, fine … barista-ing) to become a housewife and mother.
** 2023, Ian McDonald, chapter 11, in Hopeland, Tor Books, →ISBN:Raisa is long gone baristaing to the early workers of Spitalfields by the time Amon Brightbourne wakes from white sleep.

### 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
* a barista

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English barista, from Italian barista. By surface analysis, bar +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbarɪsta]
* Rhymes: -ɪsta
* Hyphenation: ba‧ri‧s‧ta

### Noun

barista m anim (female equivalent baristka, relational adjective baristický)
* barista

#### Related terms

* bar m inan

#### See also

* kavárník m anim

### Further reading

* “barista” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “barista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian barista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑristɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝ris̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑristɑ
* Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

### Noun

barista
* barista

#### Declension

Possessive forms of barista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
baristani
baristani
accusative
nom.
baristani
baristani
gen.
baristani
genitive
baristani
baristojeni baristaini $^{rare}$
partitive
baristaani
baristojani
inessive
baristassani
baristoissani
elative
baristastani
baristoistani
illative
baristaani
baristoihini
adessive
baristallani
baristoillani
ablative
baristaltani
baristoiltani
allative
baristalleni
baristoilleni
essive
baristanani
baristoinani
translative
baristakseni
baristoikseni
abessive
baristattani
baristoittani
instructive
comitative
—baristoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
baristasi
baristasi
accusative
nom.
baristasi
baristasi
gen.
baristasi
genitive
baristasi
baristojesi baristaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
baristaasi
baristojasi
inessive
baristassasi
baristoissasi
elative
baristastasi
baristoistasi
illative
baristaasi
baristoihisi
adessive
baristallasi
baristoillasi
ablative
baristaltasi
baristoiltasi
allative
baristallesi
baristoillesi
essive
baristanasi
baristoinasi
translative
baristaksesi
baristoiksesi
abessive
baristattasi
baristoittasi
instructive
comitative
—baristoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
baristamme
baristamme
accusative
nom.
baristamme
baristamme
gen.
baristamme
genitive
baristamme
baristojemme baristaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
baristaamme
baristojamme
inessive
baristassamme
baristoissamme
elative
baristastamme
baristoistamme
illative
baristaamme
baristoihimme
adessive
baristallamme
baristoillamme
ablative
baristaltamme
baristoiltamme
allative
baristallemme
baristoillemme
essive
baristanamme
baristoinamme
translative
baristaksemme
baristoiksemme
abessive
baristattamme
baristoittamme
instructive
comitative
—baristoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
baristanne
baristanne
accusative
nom.
baristanne
baristanne
gen.
baristanne
genitive
baristanne
baristojenne baristainne $^{rare}$
partitive
baristaanne
baristojanne
inessive
baristassanne
baristoissanne
elative
baristastanne
baristoistanne
illative
baristaanne
baristoihinne
adessive
baristallanne
baristoillanne
ablative
baristaltanne
baristoiltanne
allative
baristallenne
baristoillenne
essive
baristananne
baristoinanne
translative
baristaksenne
baristoiksenne
abessive
baristattanne
baristoittanne
instructive
comitative
—baristoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
baristansa
baristansa
accusative
nom.
baristansa
baristansa
gen.
baristansa
genitive
baristansa
baristojensa baristainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
baristaansa
baristojaan baristojansa
inessive
baristassaan baristassansa
baristoissaan baristoissansa
elative
baristastaan baristastansa
baristoistaan baristoistansa
illative
baristaansa
baristoihinsa
adessive
baristallaan baristallansa
baristoillaan baristoillansa
ablative
baristaltaan baristaltansa
baristoiltaan baristoiltansa
allative
baristalleen baristallensa
baristoilleen baristoillensa
essive
baristanaan baristanansa
baristoinaan baristoinansa
translative
baristakseen baristaksensa
baristoikseen baristoiksensa
abessive
baristattaan baristattansa
baristoittaan baristoittansa
instructive
comitative
—baristoineen baristoinensa :

### Further reading

* “barista”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Italian
### Etymology

From bar +‎ -ista (“-ist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈri.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: ba‧rì‧sta

### Noun

barista m or f by sense (masculine plural baristi, feminine plural bariste)
* 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: /baˈris.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: ba‧ris‧ta

### Noun

barista m pers (female equivalent baristka)
* barista

#### Related terms

* barmański
* barowy
* 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
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -istɐ

### Noun

barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)
* barista (person who serves in a coffee shop)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barista. By surface analysis, bar +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɾista/ [baˈɾis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: ba‧ris‧ta

### Noun

barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)
* barista

#### Further reading

* “barista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10