barman

From bar + -man.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːmən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹmæn/, /ˈbɑɹmən/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mən

barman (plural barmen)

1. A man who works in a bar.
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 September 2013:

     NOT so long ago there was a beer commercial on British TV in which two pointy-headed aliens order a pint in a rural pub. “Up from London, are we?” the barman asks politely.

• barkeep
• bartender

• barmaid

• Braman, Branam, Marban

Borrowed from English barman.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarman]
• Hyphenation: bar‧man

barman m anim (female equivalent barmanka, relational adjective barmanský)

1. barman, bartender

   Hypernym: číšník

• “barman”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “barman”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “barman”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “barman”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From bar +‎ man, a partial calque of English barman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑr.mɑn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bar‧man

barman m (plural barmannen, no diminutive, feminine barvrouw)

1. barman, male bartender

Borrowed from English barman.

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.man/

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barman m (plural barmans)

1. barman, bartender

• → Turkish: barmen

• “barman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Polish barman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.man/
• Rhymes: -arman
• Syllabification: bar‧man

barman m pers

1. barman, bartender

   Synonym: naléwnik

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “barman”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “barman”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Borrowed from English barman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.man/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arman
• Syllabification: bar‧man

barman m pers (female equivalent barmanka)

1. barman, bartender

• “barman”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “barman”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from English barman.

• Rhymes: -ẽj̃, -ɛn
• Hyphenation: bar‧man

barman m (plural barmen)

1. barman, bartender

   Synonym: barista

• “barman”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “barman”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from English barman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.man/

barman m (plural barmani, feminine equivalent barmaniță)

1. barman, bartender

• bar

• “barman”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Borrowed from English barman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾman/ [ˈbaɾ.mãn]
• Rhymes: -aɾman
• Syllabification: bar‧man

barman m or f by sense (plural barman or bármanes)

1. barman, bartender

• “barman”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025