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See also: cliënt

English

Etymology

From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ.ənt/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: cli‧ent
Rhymes: -aɪənt

Noun

client (plural clients)

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
Synonyms: buyer, customer, patron, purchaser
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
Antonym: server
A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields […] . And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, […] . My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.
(law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
(historical) In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
- 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
  The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).
(international relations) Ellipsis of client state.
- 1989, Edward A. Kolodziej, Roger E. Kanet, Limits of Soviet Power, page 95:
  A third preliminary comment deals explicitly with the relations between clients and superpowers.
- 2026 June 14, Simon Tisdall, “Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, and Putin is desperate. But that’s when he’s at his most dangerous”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2026:
  Russia’s leader is a conservative, old-school thug. He thinks Russia is still a superpower, not what he’s made it: a despised rogue state and Chinese client.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of client (computing)

Holonyms

(customer): clientele

Derived terms

Compound words

Expressions

Related terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: client
→ German: Client
→ Indonesian: klien, kelayan (calque)
→ Japanese: クライアント (kuraianto)
→ Malay: klien

Translations

a customer or receiver of services

Afrikaans: kliënt (af)
Albanian: klient (sq) m
Arabic: زَبُون m (zabūn), مُشْتَرٍ m (muštarin) (buyer)
Hijazi Arabic: زَبون m (zabūn)
Armenian: հաճախորդ (hy) (hačaxord)
Azerbaijani: müştəri (az)
Belarusian: кліе́нт m (klijént), кліе́нтка f (klijéntka)
Bengali: ক্লায়েন্ট (klaẏenṭo)
Bulgarian: клие́нт (bg) m (kliént), клие́нтка f (kliéntka), мющери́я (bg) m (mjušteríja), мющери́йка f (mjušteríjka)
Burmese: ဖောက်သည် (my) (hpauksany)
Catalan: client (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 顧客 / 顾客 (gu³ haak³)

Mandarin: 顧客 / 顾客 (zh) (gùkè)
Czech: klient (cs) m, klientka f, zákazník (cs) m, zákazníce f
Danish: kunde (da) c, klient c
Dutch: klant (nl) m or f, cliënt (nl) m or f
Esperanto: kliento
Estonian: klient (et)
Finnish: asiakas (fi)
French: client (fr) m, cliente (fr) f
Georgian: კლიენტი (ḳlienṭi)
German: Kunde (de) m, Kundin (de) f, Klient (de) m, Klientin (de) f
Greek: πελάτης (el) m (pelátis), πελάτισσα (el) f (pelátissa)
Hebrew: לָקוֹחַ (he) m (lakóakh)
Hindi: ग्राहक (hi) m (grāhak), असामी (hi) m (asāmī), मुवक्किल (hi) m (muvakkil), ख़रीदार m (xarīdār)
Hungarian: ügyfél (hu)
Hunsrik: Klïent m or f
Icelandic: viðskiptavinur m, kaupandi m, kúnni m, skjólstæðingur m
Ido: kliento (io)
Indonesian: kelayan (id)
Italian: cliente (it) m or f
Japanese: 客 (ja) (きゃく, kyaku), (honorific) お客さん (ja) (おきゃくさん, o-kyaku-san), 顧客 (ja) (こきゃく, kokyaku), クライアント (ja) (kuraianto)
Kazakh: клиент (kliyent)
Khmer: អតិថិជន (ʼaʼtethecŭən), អ្នកទិញ (nĕək tɨñ)
Korean: 손님 (ko) (sonnim), 고객(顧客) (ko) (gogaek), 고객님 (gogaengnim) (honorific), 객(客) (ko) (gaek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mişterî (ku), xerîdar (ku), zibûn (ku)
Kyrgyz: кардар (ky) (kardar), клиент (kliyent)
Lao: ລູກຄ້າ (lo) (lūk khā)
Latvian: klients m, kliente f
Lithuanian: klientas (lt) m, klientė f
Macedonian: клие́нт m (kliént), клие́нтка f (kliéntka), муштерија m (mušterija), муштерика f (mušterika)
Malay: pelanggan (ms)
Māori: kiritaki
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үйлчлүүлэгч (mn) (üilčlüülegč), зочин (mn) (zočin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klient m, kunde (no) m

Nynorsk: klient m, kunde m
Occitan: client (oc) m
Pashto: مشتري m (moštari), خريدار (ps) m (xaridār)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مُشْتَری (moštari), خَریدار (xaridâr)
Plautdietsch: Kund m
Polish: klient (pl) m, klientka (pl) f, kupujący (pl) m (when buying), usługobiorca (pl) m (service-taker)
Portuguese: cliente (pt) m or f, freguês (pt) m
Romanian: client (ro) m, clientă (ro) f, mușteriu (ro) m
Russian: клие́нт (ru) m (klijént), клие́нтка (ru) f (klijéntka), зака́зчик (ru) m (zakázčik), зака́зчица (ru) f (zakázčica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: клѝјент m, клѝјентица f, муштѐрија m

Latin: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f, muštèrija (sh) m
Slovak: klient m, klientka f, zákazník m, zákazníčka f
Slovene: odjemalec m, odjemalka f, klient m, klientka f
Spanish: cliente (es) m or f
Swedish: kund (sv) c
Tajik: муштарӣ (muštari), мизоҷ (mizoj), харидор (xaridor)
Tatar: клиент (kliyent)
Thai: ลูกค้า (th) (lûuk-káa)
Turkish: müşteri (tr), tüketici (tr)
Turkmen: müşderi, klient
Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m (klijént), кліє́нтка f (klijéntka)
Urdu: مُشْتَری m (muśtarī), خَرِیدار m (xarīdār)
Uyghur: خېرىدار (xëridar)
Uzbek: klient, mijoz (uz), xaridor (uz), mushtariy (uz)
Venetan: cliente m or f
Vietnamese: khách (vi), khách hàng (vi)
Yiddish: קליענט m (klient)

computing: the role of a computer application or system

Arabic: عَمِيل m (ʕamīl)
Azerbaijani: müştəri (az)
Catalan: client (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 客戶端 / 客户端 (zh) (kèhùduān), 用戶端 / 用户端 (yònghùduān)
Dutch: client (nl) m
Esperanto: kliento
Finnish: asiakasohjelma (program), asiakas (fi)
French: client (fr) m
German: Klient (de) m
Hungarian: kliens (hu)
Icelandic: biðlari m
Indonesian: klien (id)
Japanese: クライアント (ja) (kuraianto)
Korean: 클라이언트 (keullaieonteu)
Māori: kiritaki
Polish: klient (pl) m
Portuguese: cliente (pt) m
Russian: клие́нт (ru) m (klijént)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: клѝјент m

Latin: klìjent (sh) m
Spanish: cliente (es) m
Swedish: klient (sv) c
Thai: ลูกข่าย
Turkish: istemci (tr)
Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m (klijént)
Vietnamese: thuộc viên (vi), thuộc cấp (vi), máy khách (vi)

person who receives help or advice from a professional person

Afrikaans: kliënt (af)
Arabic: عَمِيل m (ʕamīl)
Hijazi Arabic: عَمِيل m (ʕamīl)
Bulgarian: дове́реник (bg) m (dovérenik)
Catalan: client (ca) m or f
Czech: klient (cs) m
Dutch: klant (nl) m, cliënt (nl) m or f
Esperanto: kliento
Finnish: asiakas (fi)
French: client (fr) m
German: Klient (de) m, Mandant (de) m (of a lawyer)
Greek: πελάτης (el) m (pelátis)
Ancient Greek: πελάτης m (pelátēs), πελάτις f (pelátis)
Haitian Creole: kliyan
Hebrew: לָקוֹחַ (he) m (lakóakh), לקוחה f (lakokha)
Hungarian: kliens (hu), (of a lawyer/attorney) védenc (hu)
Icelandic: skjólstæðingur m
Indonesian: klien (id), pelanggan (id)
Interlingua: cliente
Italian: cliente (it) m or f
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mişterî (ku) m or f, miwekîl m or f
Malayalam: കക്ഷി (ml) (kakṣi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klient m

Nynorsk: klient m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اَرْبابِ رُجوع (arbâb-e roju')
Polish: petent (pl) m, petentka f, interesant (pl) m, interesantka f, delikwent (pl) m, delikwentka f
Portuguese: cliente (pt) m or f
Romanian: client (ro)
Russian: клие́нт (ru) m (klijént), клие́нтка (ru) f (klijéntka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: клѝјент m, клѝјентица f

Latin: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f
Spanish: cliente (es)
Tagalog: kliyente
Telugu: కక్షిదారు (te) (kakṣidāru)
Thai: ลูกค้า (th) (lûuk-káa), ลูกความ (lûuk-kwaam) (of a lawyer/attorney)
Turkish: müvekkil (tr) (law)
Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m (klijént), кліє́нтка f (klijéntka)

Anagrams

lectin, lentic

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clientem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [kliˈe̞n]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kliˈent]
IPA^(key): (Central, Northwestern) [kliˈen]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

client m (plural clients, feminine clienta, feminine plural clientes)

client, customer

Related terms

clientela

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English client.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɑi̯.ənt/
Hyphenation: cli‧ent

Noun

client m (plural clients, no diminutive)

(computing) client
De client communiceert met de server om gegevens op te halen.
The client communicates with the server to retrieve data.

De gebruikersinterface van de client is eenvoudig en gebruiksvriendelijk.
The user interface of the client is simple and user-friendly.

De software moet zowel op de server als op de client worden geïnstalleerd.
The software needs to be installed on both the server and the client.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cliënt.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cliēns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kli.jɑ̃/
Audio: (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Noun

client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)

(historical, Ancient Rome) client, retainer, follower (person who is under the patronage of someone else)
Coordinate term: patron

État client ― vassal state, client state
customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service)
le client est roi ― the customer is always right

à la tête du client ― according to a person's looks, arbitrarily

Related terms

clientèle

Descendants

Guianese Creole: kliyan
Haitian Creole: kliyan
Mauritian Creole: kliyan
Réunion Creole French: kliyan
→ Dutch: cliënt
- Afrikaans: kliënt
- → Indonesian: klien
→ Romanian: client

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin cliēns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kliˈɛnt/

Noun

client m (plural clientj, feminine clienta, plural feminine cliente or clientj)

client, customer
(Western orthographies) Alternative spelling of plural clientj
Alternative form of feminine plural cliente

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cliēnslbor.

French clientbor.

Romanian client

Borrowed from French client, a learned borrowing from Latin cliēns.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

client m (plural clienți)

client

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	client	clientul	clienți	clienții
genitive-dative	client	clientului	clienți	clienților
vocative	clientule		clienților

References

client in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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GeezerVison

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Dutch

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French

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Romanian

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