client

See also cliënt

English

Etymology

From Latin cliēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklaɪ.ənt/, X-SAMPA: /"klaI.@nt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪənt

Noun

client (plural clients)

1. A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
2. (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
3. Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc).
4. (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.

Synonyms

• (customer): buyer, customer

Holonyms

• (customer): clientele

Related terms

• clientele
• client state

Translations

a customer or receiver of services

• Afrikaans: kliënt
• Bulgarian: клиент (bg) (klient) m
• Catalan: client (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顧客 (cmn), 顾客 (cmn) (gùkè)

• Czech: klient (cs), zákazník (cs)
• Dutch: klant (nl) m and f, cliënt (nl) m and f
• Finnish: asiakas (fi)
• French: client (fr) m
• German: Kunde (de)
• Hungarian: ügyfél (hu)
• Icelandic: viðskiptavinur (is) m, kaupandi (is) m, kúnni (is) m, skjólstæðingur (is) m

• Ido: kliento (io)
• Italian: cliente (it) m
• 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)
• Korean: 손님 (ko) (sonnim)
• Polish: klient (pl) m, klientka (pl) f
• Romanian: client (ro)
• Russian: клиент (ru) (klijént) m, клиентка (ru) (klijéntka) f, заказчик (ru) (zakázčík) m, заказчица (ru) (zakázčíca) f
• Serbo-Croatian: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f
• Spanish: cliente (es) m

computing: the role of a computer application or system

• Catalan: client (ca) m and f
• Dutch: client (nl) m
• Finnish: asiakasohjelma (fi)
• French: client (fr) m
• German: Klient
• Hungarian: kliens (hu)

• Icelandic: biðlari m
• Polish: klient (pl) m
• Russian: клиент (ru) (klijént) m
• Serbo-Croatian: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f
• Spanish: cliente (es) m
• Turkish: istemci (tr)

person who receives help or advice from a professional person

• Afrikaans: kliënt
• Bulgarian: довереник (bg) (doverenik) m
• Catalan: client (ca) m and f
• Czech: klient (cs)
• Dutch: klant (nl), cliënt (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: kliento (eo)
• Finnish: asiakas (fi)
• French: client (fr) m
• Hebrew: לקוח (laqoakh) m, לקוחה (lequkha) f (1)
• Hungarian: kliens (hu)
• Icelandic: skjólstæðingur m

• Interlingua: cliente
• Italian: cliente m and f (1)
• Malayalam: കക്ഷി (kakshi)
• Persian: ارباب رجوع
• Romanian: client (ro)
• Russian: клиент (ru) (klijént) m, клиентка (ru) (klijéntka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f
• Spanish: cliente (es)
• Tagalog: kliyente
• Telugu: కక్షిదారు (te) (kakshidaaru)
• Turkish: müvekkil (tr) (law)

See also

• Client on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• server

Anagrams

• lectin

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Dutch

Noun

client m (plural clients)

1. (computing) client

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

client m (plural clients; feminine cliente, plural clientes)

1. customer; client (one who purchases or receives a product or service)