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bartender

noun · 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: /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R T EH2 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: employee

Narrower terms: barmaid, publican, tavern keeper

History

Etymology

From bar + tender.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: banakier — person who works in a bar
  • Albanian: pijeshitës — person who works in a bar
  • Armenian: բարմեն (barmen) — person who works in a bar
  • Bulgarian: барман (barman) — person who works in a bar
  • Catalan: bàrman — person who works in a bar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒吧服務人員 /酒吧服务人员 (jiǔbā fúwù rényuán) — person who works in a bar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒保 (jiǔbǎo) — person who works in a bar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調酒師 /调酒师 (mixologist) — person who works in a bar
  • Czech: barman — person who works in a bar
  • Czech: barmanka — person who works in a bar
  • Danish: bartender — person who works in a bar
  • Danish: barmand — person who works in a bar
  • Danish: barpige — person who works in a bar
  • Dutch: kastelein — person who works in a bar
  • Esperanto: trinkejisto — person who works in a bar
  • Finnish: baarimikko — person who works in a bar
  • Finnish: baarimestari — person who works in a bar
  • French: barman — person who works in a bar
  • Georgian: ბარმენი (barmeni) — person who works in a bar
  • Georgian: ბართენდერი (bartenderi) — person who works in a bar
  • German: Barkeeper — person who works in a bar
  • German: Barmann — person who works in a bar
  • German: Barmixer — person who works in a bar
  • Greek: μπάρμαν (bárman) — person who works in a bar
  • Hebrew: בַּרְמֶן (bármen) — person who works in a bar
  • Hebrew: מוֹזֵג (mozég) — person who works in a bar
  • Hungarian: csapos — person who works in a bar
  • Hungarian: pultos — person who works in a bar
  • Hungarian: bárpincér — person who works in a bar
  • Hungarian: bármixer — person who works in a bar
  • Hungarian: mixer — person who works in a bar
  • Icelandic: barþjónn — person who works in a bar
  • Ido: drinkeriisto — person who works in a bar
  • Indonesian: pramutama bar — person who works in a bar
  • Indonesian: bartender — person who works in a bar
  • Irish: buachaill tábhairne — person who works in a bar
  • Japanese: バーテンダー (bātendā) — person who works in a bar
  • Japanese: バーテン (bāten) — person who works in a bar
  • Kazakh: бармен (barmen) — person who works in a bar
  • Kazakh: бар даяшысы (bar daäşysy) — person who works in a bar
  • Korean: 바텐더 (batendeo) — person who works in a bar
  • Northern Kurdish: meygêrr — person who works in a bar
  • Northern Kurdish: badegêrr — person who works in a bar
  • Northern Kurdish: saqî — person who works in a bar
  • Northern Kurdish: meyxanevan — person who works in a bar
  • Latin: vīnārius — person who works in a bar
  • Macedonian: шанкер (šanker) — person who works in a bar
  • Macedonian: шанкерка (šankerka) — person who works in a bar
  • Macedonian: бармен (barmen) — person who works in a bar
  • Māori: tuari — person who works in a bar
  • Māori: whakarato inu — person who works in a bar
  • Marathi: बार्टेंडर (bārṭeṇḍar) — person who works in a bar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bartender — person who works in a bar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bartender — person who works in a bar
  • Old English: tæppere — person who works in a bar
  • Polish: barman — person who works in a bar
  • Polish: barmanka — person who works in a bar
  • Portuguese: barman — person who works in a bar
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਰਟੈਂਡਰ (bārṭaiṇḍar) — person who works in a bar
  • Romanian: barman — person who works in a bar
  • Romanian: barmaniță — person who works in a bar
  • Russian: ба́рмен (bármɛn) — person who works in a bar
  • Russian: барме́н (barmɛ́n) — person who works in a bar
  • Russian: буфе́тчик (bufétčik) — person who works in a bar
  • Russian: буфе́тчица (bufétčica) — person who works in a bar
  • Serbo-Croatian: barmen — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: barman — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: coctelero — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: barténder — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: cantinero — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: copero — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: barista — person who works in a bar
  • Spanish: bartender (bártender, Americas) — person who works in a bar
  • Swedish: bartender — person who works in a bar
  • Turkish: barmen — person who works in a bar
  • Ukrainian: барме́н (barmén) — person who works in a bar
Real reading context

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