noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/bəˈɹiːs.tə/
Received-Pronunciation:/bəˈɹɪs.tə/
General-American:/bəˈɹis.tə/
General-American:/bəˈɹɪs.tə/
Australian:/bəˈɹɪs.tə/
/baˈɹis.ta/unadapted Italian pronunciation
/baˈɾis.ta/unadapted Italian pronunciation
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rhymes with -iːstə
rhymes with -ɪstə
CMU ARPABET:B AA0 R IY1 S T AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To work as a barista.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قَهْوَجِيّ
(qahwajiyy)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Chinese Mandarin:
咖啡師 /咖啡师
(kāfēishī)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Danish:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Dutch:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Esperanto:
kafofaristo
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Finnish:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
French:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
German:
Barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Greek:
μπουφετζής
(boufetzís)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Greek:
μπουφετζoύ
(boufetzoý)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Indonesian:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Indonesian:
penyaji kopi
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Italian:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Japanese:
バリスタ
(barisuta)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Korean:
바리스타
(bariseuta)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Māori:
tuari mahi kawhe
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Norwegian Bokmål:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Polish:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Polish:
baristka
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Portuguese:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Romanian:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Russian:
бари́ста
(barísta)
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Spanish:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Swedish:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Turkish:
barista
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Turkish:
barmen
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
Turkish:
kahveci
— person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers
