barista
Syllables: ba·ris·ta/bəˈɹiːs.tə/US/bəˈɹis.tə/
barista noun: a person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
Noun
barista (plural baristas or 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 [...].2021 March 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 926, page 70
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.
- 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...2007, Kate Hardy [pseudonym; Pamela Brooks], In Bed with Her Italian Boss, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 24
- Nevertheless, we’ll both be done with barista-ing soon.2009, Laura Schaefer, The Teashop Girls, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 220
barista meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
barista in Hindi
- barista
- बरिस्ता baristā
barista in Tamil
- பாரிஸ்டா, பரிஸ்டா, பாரிஸ்டாவுக்கு
barista in Marathi
- बारिस्टा, बारिस्ता, बरिस्ता
barista in Urdu
- باریستا, باریسٹا
More languagesFewer languages
- barista in Bengali
- বারিস্তা, বরিস্তা, ব্যারিস্তা
- barista in Telugu
- బారిస్టా, బరిస్టా, బారిస్తా
- barista in Malayalam
- ബാരിസ്റ്റ, ബരിസ്റ്റ, ബറിസ്റ്റ
- barista in Kannada
- ಬಾರಿಸ್ಟಾ, ಬರಿಸ್ತಾ, ಬರಿಸ್ಟಾ
- barista in Punjabi
- ਬਾਰਿਸਟਾ, ਬਾਰੀਸਟਾ, ਬਰਿਸਤਾ
- barista in Gujarati
- બરિસ્તા, બારિસ્ટા, બારિસ્તા
- barista in Odia
- ବାରିଷ୍ଟା, ବାରିସ୍ତା, ବାରିସ୍ତାଙ୍କୁ
- barista in Nepali
- बारिस्टा, बारिस्ता, बरिस्ता
- barista in Arabic
- قَهْوَجِيّ qahwajiyy
- barista in Indonesian
- barista, penyaji kopi
Examples of barista in a sentence
- 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.2009, Jody Gehrman, Triple Shot Bettys in Love, Dial Books, →ISBN:
- If pure chance guided me to glory in the heady world of competitive barista-ing, the rewards came to be measured in frustration.2011, Andrew Wear, “The Flavor of Choice: Neoliberalism and the Espresso Aesthetic”, in Scott F. Parker, Michael W. Austin, editors, Coffee...
- But it was crappy of me to steal instead of bartending or barista-ing or temping or something.2013, K.W. Taylor, “Doomed”, in Sarah Hans, editor, Sidekicks!, Alliteration Ink, →ISBN, page 170:
- Barista Boy grins and goes back to barista-ing.2015, Jo Knowles, Read Between the Lines, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 57:
Forms of barista
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | baristas |
| plural | baristi |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | baristas |
| present participle | barista-ing |
| present participle uncommon | baristaing |
| past participle | baristaed |
| past | baristaed |
| past participle | barista'd |
| past | barista'd |
Origin of barista
Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.
Words formed from barista
Words that rhyme with barista
Questions about barista
- What does barista mean?
- Barista means a person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
- What is barista in Hindi?
- Barista in Hindi is बरिस्ता (baristā). See Barista meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use barista in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is barista?
- Barista can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce barista?
- Barista is pronounced /bəˈɹiːs.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of barista?
- The plural of barista is baristas.
Words near barista in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: barista (page history and authors); बरिस्ता (Hindi) (page history and authors); barista (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barista (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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