barista

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barista

/bəˈɹiːs.tə/ UK
/bəˈɹɪs.tə/ UK
/bəˈɹis.tə/ US
/bəˈɹɪs.tə/ US
/bəˈɹɪs.tə/ Australia
/baˈɹis.ta/
/baˈɾis.ta/

Rhymes with -iːstə, -ɪstə

Where it comes from

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

noun baristas · baristi

A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers. "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 [...].

verb baristas · barista-ing · baristaing · baristaed · barista'd

intransitive To work as a barista. 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 fo

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: barrista, coffeemaker, coffeeman, barkeeper, roaster, coffee maker, cafetier, roastmaster, barperson, cafegee, coffee-maker, bartender, barwoman, latte artist, coffeegrower, café-goer

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noun person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers

Español	barista
한국어	바리스타 bariseuta
日本語	バリスタ barisuta
中文	咖啡師 /咖啡师 kāfēishī
Português	barista
Français	barista
Deutsch	Barista
Italiano	barista
Ελληνικά	μπουφετζής boufetzís, μπουφετζoύ boufetzoý
Română	barista
Русский	бари́ста barísta
العربية	قَهْوَجِيّ qahwajiyy

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@misc{barista_2026,
  title = {barista},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barista},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}