different between baristo vs barista

English

Etymology

From barista (“espresso-server”), the -a having been misinterpreted as the Italian feminine singular ending -a, and then substituted with the masculine singular ending -o to specify a masculine, rather than feminine, agent noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??isto/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b????st??/

Noun

baristo (plural baristi or baristos)

1. (nonstandard, hypercorrect) A specifically male barista.
   • 2002: Business week, page 102 (McGraw-Hill, Inc.)

     Starbucks also faces slumping morale and employee burnout among its store managers and its once-cheery army of baristos.

   • 2003: Philip Edward Baruth, The X President: a novel, page 65 (Bantam Books; ?ISBN, 9780553802948)

     On the other side of me a table holds several tureens of brewed coffee; additionally, a small man in a white coat stands beside a cappuccino maker. He is the official baristo of this White House coffee.

   • 2006: The Economist, volume 381, page 16 (Economist Newspaper Ltd.)

     SIR —
     As a Starbucks baristo, I was pleased to read your even-handed treatment of the Ethiopian trademarking controversy.

   • 2006: Rachel Sarah, Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World, page 111 (Seal Press; ?ISBN, 9781580051668)

     I walk over to Feet’s Coffee & Tea on Vine Street and tell the young #baristo, “My daughter started preschool today.” He gives me a coffee on the house.

   • 2006: Rebecca Agiewich, BreakupBabe: a novel, page 50 (Ballantine Books; ?ISBN, 9780345484000)

     The cute baristo. He’d somehow slipped in unnoticed again, and was now behind the counter in a sky blue T-shirt […]

   • 2008: Jennifer Stevenson, The Velvet Chair, page 71 (Ballantine Books; ?ISBN, 9780345486691)

     At the door, the baristo from Starbucks peeked in. His lime green hair seemed to stick straight up when he saw Jewel. “I brought you another latte. […] ”

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Italianate) enPR: (approximately): b?ris?t?, IPA^(key): /ba??ista/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?r?s?t?, IPA^(key): /b???i?st?/; IPA^(key): /b????st?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /b????st?/

Noun

barista (plural baristas or baristi)

1. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

Usage notes

• Barista, in Italian, is of masculine gender, but 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

• baristo (hypercorrect masculine form)

Translations

References

• “barista”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Arabist

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?ris?ta

Noun

barista

1. a barista

Finnish

Noun

barista

1. barista

Declension

Italian

Etymology

bar +? -ista (“-ist”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?ris.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: ba?rì?sta

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• bar

Descendants

• ? English: barista

Anagrams

• barasti, basarti, brasati, sbraita

References

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

Polish

Etymology

From Italian barista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?r?i.sta/

Noun

barista m pers (feminine baristka)

1. barista

Declension

Further reading

• barista in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• barista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

barista m, f (plural baristas)

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

Spanish

Noun

barista m or f (plural baristas)

1. barista