# barista

Pronunciation: say "buh-RIS-tuh" US /bəˈɹis.tə/, AUS /bəˈɹɪs.tə/; UK say "buh-REES-tuh" /bəˈɹiːs.tə/

## Noun

1. A person who prepares and serves coffee drinks in a coffee shop.
   - Simple: A person who makes and serves coffee drinks for customers in a coffee shop.
   - _The barista steamed the milk and poured a leaf pattern into the latte._
   - _Regular customers greeted the baristas by name every morning._

## Verb

2. To work as someone who prepares and serves coffee in a coffee shop.
   - Simple: To work making and serving coffee in a coffee shop.
   - _She baristas at a small roastery while finishing her degree._
   - _Two students barista together during the summer tourist season._

## Origin

Borrowed from Italian barista ('bartender', literally 'barist'), formed from bar (itself from English bar) plus the suffix -ista ('-ist').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/barista (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).