English Etymology From Middle English customere custommere Old French coustumier costumier coutumier Medieval Latin custumarius ( “ a toll-gatherer, tax-collector ” , noun ) , from custumarius ( “ pertaining to custom or customs ” , adj ) , from custuma ( “ custom, tax ” ) . More at custom
Pronunciation Noun customer (plural customers
A patron ; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant , or intends to do so.
Every person who passes by is a potential customer .
( informal ) interaction with others.
a cool customer , a tough customer , an ugly customer 1971 Herman Wouk , chapter 52, in The Winds of War] :Pug could just see Slote's pale face under his fur hat. "I don't agree with you on that. He's a pretty tough customer , Hopkins."
2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Ten eventful years and plenty of talking points”, in Rail , page 54 :This switch led to Philip Hammond becoming the Transport Secretary and he quickly proved to be a tricky customer , asking questions about rail spending and reining it back whenever possible.
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Translations one who purchases or receives a product or service
Albanian: klient (sq)
Arabic: زَبُون m ( zabūn ) , عَمِيل m ( ʕamīl )
Armenian: հաճախորդ (hy) ( hačaxord )
Basque: bezero
Belarusian: кліе́нт m ( klijént ) , кліе́нтка f ( klijéntka )
Bulgarian: клиент (bg) m ( klient ) , купувач ( kupuvač )
Burmese: ဈေးဝယ် (my) ( jhe:wai ) , ဖောက်သည် (my) ( hpauksany ) , ဝယ်သူ ( waisu )
Catalan: client (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 顧客 ／ 顾客 (zh) ( gùkè ) , 顾客 (zh) ( gùkè ) , 主顧 ／ 主顾 (zh) ( zhǔgù ) , 主顾 (zh) ( zhǔgù )
Czech: klient (cs) m zákazník (cs) m
Danish: kunde (da) c
Dutch: klant (nl) m
Esperanto: kliento
Estonian: klient
Faroese: kundi m
Finnish: asiakas (fi)
French: client (fr) m
Galician: cliente (gl) m
Georgian: მყიდველი ( mq̇idveli ) , კლიენტი ( ḳlienṭi )
German: Kunde (de) m Abnehmer (de) m Käufer (de) m
Greek: πελάτης (el) m ( pelátis ) , πελάτισσα (el) f ( pelátissa )
Ancient: ὠνητής m ( ōnētḗs )
Hebrew: לקוח (he) m ( lakoakh ) , לקוחה f ( lakokha )
Hindi: ग्राहक (hi) m ( grāhak )
Hungarian: vevő (hu) , ügyfél (hu)
Icelandic: viðskiptavinur m kaupandi m skiptavinur m ( dated ) , kúnni m
Ido: kliento (io)
Irish: custaiméir m
Italian: cliente (it) m or f
Japanese: 客 (ja) ( きゃく, kyaku ) , ( honorific ) お客さん ( おきゃくさん, o-kyaku-san ) , 顧客 (ja) ( こきゃく, kokyaku )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Kazakh: клиент ( klient )
Khmer: អតិថិជន ( ʼaʼtethecŭən )
Korean: 손님 (ko) ( sonnim )
Lao: ລູກຄ້າ (lo) ( lūk khā )
Latin: emptor (la) m
Macedonian: купувач m ( kupuvač ) , муштерија m ( mušterija ) , клиент m ( klient )
Malay: pelanggan
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: apataki kiritaki
Mongolian: үйлчлүүлэгч (mn) ( üjlčlüülegč )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kunde (no)
Old English: please add this translation if you can
Persian: مشتری (fa) ( moštari )
Polish: klient (pl) m
Portuguese: freguês (pt) m freguesa f cliente (pt) m or f
Russian: клие́нт (ru) m ( klijént ) , клие́нтка (ru) f ( klijéntka ) , зака́зчик (ru) m ( zakázčik ) , зака́зчица (ru) f ( zakázčica ) ( one who makes orders ) , покупа́тель (ru) m ( pokupátelʹ ) , покупа́тельница (ru) f ( pokupátelʹnica )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: купац m муштерија m куповац
Roman: kupac (sh) m mušterija (sh) m kupovac
Slovak: klient m zákazník m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kupowaŕ m kupc m kupowarka f
Spanish: cliente (es) m or f
Swahili: mteja (sw) class 1 /2 , wateja (sw) pl
Swedish: kund (sv) c
Tajik: муштарӣ ( muštarī ) , мизоҷ ( mizoj )
Thai: ลูกค้า (th) ( lûuk-káa )
Turkish: müşteri (tr) , alıcı (tr)
Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m ( klijént ) , кліє́нтка f ( klijéntka ) , замо́вник ( zamóvnyk ) , покупе́ць ( pokupécʹ )
Welsh: cwsmer (cy) m
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