clientèle

See also: clientele

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

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

Noun

clientèle (countable and uncountable, plural clientèles)

1. Alternative form of clientele

Anagrams

• étincellé

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clientēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.jɑ̃.tɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

clientèle f (plural clientèles)

1. clientele (body of clients)

   chargé de clientèle ― customer service manager

   service clientèle ― customer service

Derived terms

• clientéliser
• clientélisme
• clientéliste

Related terms

• client

See also

• patientèle
• parentèle

Further reading

• “clientèle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• étincelle