barista

noun

ba·​ris·​ta bə-ˈrē-stə How to pronounce barista (audio)
bä-ˈrē-stä
: a person who makes and serves coffee (such as espresso) to the public

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In 2016, Starbucks unveiled a dress code that allowed baristas to embrace some more diversified personal styles from pink hair to fedoras. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025 Meet your local barista, meet your local trattoria. Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025 Unlike Gizmo, these robots will operate within the Ampersand coffee bar hours (6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.) since the baristas prepare and program the orders. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025 The company did not say if this goal would increase the workload for baristas. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barista

Word History

Etymology

Italian, person working behind a bar, from bar bar (from English) + - ista -ist entry 1

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of barista was in 1982

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“Barista.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barista. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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