bartender

• bar-tender

From bar + tender.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/
• Hyphenation: bar‧tend‧er

bartender (plural bartenders)

1. One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from 19th c.]
   • 2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba:

     He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers...

   • 2010, Erich R. Sysak, Water Heart:

     They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.

• barkeep
• barkeeper
• mixologist

• barmaid
• barman

• barback
• barista

• → Cebuano: bartender
• → Danish: bartender
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bartender
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bartender
• → Spanish: bartender
• → Swedish: bartender
• → Tagalog: bartender

Borrowed from English bartender.

• Hyphenation: bar‧ten‧der
• IPA^(key): /ˌbaɾtenˈdeɾ/ [ˌbaɾ̪.t̪en̪ˈd̪iɾ̪]

bártendér

1. bartender

• bar

From American English bartender.

bartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartendere, definite plural bartenderne)

1. a bartender, barman, barmaid (female)

   Den hyggelige kvinnelige bartenderen smiler til oss og ønsker oss velkommen.

   The pleasant barmaid smiles at us and bids us welcome.

• bar

• “bartender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From American English bartender.

bartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartenderar, definite plural bartenderane)

1. a bartender, barman, barmaid (female)

Also spelt bartendar, perhaps unofficially.

• bar

• “bartender” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• barténder

Borrowed from English bartender.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾtendeɾ/ [ˈbaɾ.t̪ẽn̪.d̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾtendeɾ
• Syllabification: bar‧ten‧der

bartender m or f by sense (plural bartenders)

1. bartender

   Synonym: barman

• “bartender”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Borrowed from English bartender.

bartender c

1. a bartender

• bar
• bardisk (“bar counter, bar”)
• cocktail
• drink

• “bartender”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bartender”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from English bartender.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾtendeɾ/ [ˌbaɾ.t̪ɛn̪ˈd̪ɛɾ], /ˌbaɾˈtendeɾ/ [ˌbaɾˈt̪ɛn̪.d̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾtendeɾ, -endeɾ
• Syllabification: bar‧ten‧der

bártendér or bárténder (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔)

1. bartender

• bar

• “bartender”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bartender”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018