clientele

See also: clientèle

English

Alternative forms

• clientèle

Etymology

Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cliēns (English client).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl], /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /klaɪ.ənˈtɛl/, [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [klɑɪ.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel]

Noun

clientele (usually uncountable, plural clienteles)

1. The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

   Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses.

   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN)

     The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.

   • 1998 March 14, Patricia Bates, “Parks' Record Rack: Serving Southeast Texas Flavor For 39 Years”, in Billboard‎^[1], volume 110, number 11, page 112:

     Due to its mixed clientele over the years, the Record Rack has a varied product array.

Derived terms

• clientele effect
• clienteling
• clientelism
• clientelist
• clientelistic

Related terms

• client
• clientdom

Translations

body of clients who frequent an establishment

• Belarusian: кліенту́ра f (klijentúra)
• Bulgarian: клиенте́ла f (klientéla)
• Catalan: clientela f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 客戶群 / 客户群 (kèhùqún)

• Czech: klientela (cs) f
• Danish: klientel n
• Dutch: klantengroep m or f
• Faroese: viðskiftafólk n pl
• Finnish: asiakaskunta (fi), asiakaspiiri
• French: clientèle (fr) f
• Galician: clientela f
• German: Klientel (de) f, Kundschaft (de) f
• Greek: πελατεία (el) f (pelateía)
• Hebrew: קְלִיֶנְטוּרָה \ קליינטורה f (klientúra)
• Hungarian: vevőkör (hu), ügyfélkör (hu), klientéla (hu), klientúra (hu)
• Indonesian: pelanggan (id)
• Italian: clientela (it) f
• Japanese: 顧客たち (ja) (こきゃくたち, kokyakutachi)
• Kazakh: клиенттер pl (klientter)
• Korean: 고객들 (ko) (gogaek-deul)
• Luxembourgish: Clientell pl
• Malay: klientel, pelanggan (ms)
• Polish: klientela (pl) f
• Portuguese: clientela (pt) f, freguesia (pt) f
• Russian: клиенту́ра (ru) f (klijentúra)
• Spanish: clientela (es) f, distinguida clientela f
• Swedish: kundkrets, klientel (sv) n
• Turkish: (single) müdavim (tr)
• Ukrainian: клієнту́ра f (klijentúra)

See also

• customer base

Anagrams

• étincellé

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.enˈtɛ.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛle
• Hyphenation: cli‧en‧tè‧le

Noun

clientele f pl

1. plural of clientela