barista

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

• (Italianate) enPR: (approximately): bărisʹtă, IPA^(key): /baˈɹista/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bărĭsʹtə, IPA^(key): /bəˈɹiːstə/; IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪstə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪstə/

barista (plural baristas)

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

• 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.

• baristo (hypercorrect masculine form)

• Arabist

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

• Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

barista

1. a barista

barista

1. barista

bar +‎ -ista (“-ist”)

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

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

• barasti
• basarti
• brasati
• sbraita

• → English: barista

barista m, f (plural baristas)

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

barista m or f (plural baristas)

1. barista