different between barmaid vs barista

English

Etymology

bar +? maid

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??(?)me?d/

Noun

barmaid (plural barmaids)

1. A woman who serves in a bar. [from 18th c.]

Translations

See also

• barman

French

Etymology

From English barmaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?.m?jd/

Noun

barmaid f (plural barmaids)

1. barmaid

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