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/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌklaɪ.ənˈtɛl/, [ˌklaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [klɑe.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [klaɪ.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; a group of specific clients collectively.

   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, volume 110, number 11, page 112:

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

   • 2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 17 June 2022:

     Most of his clientele (95 percent are women, he estimates) were familiar with cupcakes from living or studying abroad.

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, klandizie (nl) 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