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barista

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See also: Barista, barışta, and baristą

English

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A barista preparing coffee

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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barista (plural baristas or baristi)

  1. 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

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  • 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

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Translations

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Verb

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barista (third-person singular simple present baristas, present participle barista-ing or (uncommon) baristaing, simple past and past participle baristaed or barista'd)

  1. 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

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

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barista

  1. a barista

Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbarɪsta]
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ri‧s‧ta

Noun

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barista m anim (female equivalent baristka, related adjective baristický)

  1. barista

Declension

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See also

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Further reading

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  • barista” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • barista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Italian barista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑristɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝ris̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑristɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

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barista

  1. barista

Declension

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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
baristain rare
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
abessive baristatta baristoitta
instructive baristoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

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Italian

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Etymology

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From bar +‎ -ista (-ist).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈri.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rì‧sta

Noun

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barista m or f by sense (masculine plural baristi, feminine plural bariste)

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

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  • English: barista

Further reading

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  • barista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian barista, equivalent to bar +‎ -ista. First attested in 2003.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈris.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

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barista m pers (female equivalent baristka)

  1. barista

Declension

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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  • barista in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • barista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈɾista/ [baˈɾis.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

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barista m or f by sense (plural baristas)

  1. barista

Further reading

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