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See also: cliënt
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, according to some, an alteration of cluēns, from clueō (“to be called”), or more likely from clīnō (“to lean”). Ultimately from the root *ḱel- (“to incline”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
client (plural clients)
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of 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 222716698:
- 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.
- Short for 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.
- 1989, Edward A. Kolodziej, Roger E. Kanet, Limits of Soviet Power (page 95)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (computing): server
Hyponyms[edit]
Hyponyms of client (computing)
Holonyms[edit]
- (customer): clientele
Derived terms[edit]
Compound words
Expressions
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Japanese: クライアント (kuraianto)
Translations[edit]
a customer or receiver of services
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computing: the role of a computer application or system
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person who receives help or advice from a professional person
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See also[edit]
- Client (business) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Client (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Client state on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- server
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
client m (plural clients, feminine clienta)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
client m (plural clients)
Usage notes[edit]
Not to be confused with cliënt.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “client”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Lombard[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French client, from Latin cliens.
Noun[edit]
client m (plural clienți)
Declension[edit]
Declension of client
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) client | clientul | (niște) clienți | clienții |
genitive/dative | (unui) client | clientului | (unor) clienți | clienților |
vocative | clientule | clienților |
References[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱley- (incline)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
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