client

See also: cliënt

English

Etymology

From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ.ənt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cli‧ent
• 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. 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:

     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.

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.
5. 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.

Synonyms

• (customer): buyer, customer, patron, purchaser

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “computing”): server

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of client (computing)

• fat client
• heavy client
• hybrid client
• lean client
• rich client
• RTE client
• slim client
• thick client
• thin client
• ultra-thin client
• Web client
• zero client
• zombie client

 

Holonyms

• (customer): clientele

Derived terms

• clientdom
• cliented
• clienthood
• clientish
• clientless
• clientlike
• cliently
• clientness
• clientship

 

Compound words

• client-only
• client-server
• client-side
• clientworthy

 

Expressions

• attorney-client privilege
• client account
• client base
• client service
• client state
• collaborative client
• email client
• hip-pocket client
• solicitor-client privilege

 

Related terms

• clientele
• climate
• cline

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: クライアント (kuraianto)

Translations

a customer or receiver of services

• Afrikaans: kliënt (af)
• Albanian: klient (sq) m
• Arabic: زَبُون m (zabūn), مُشْتَرٍ m (muštarin) (buyer)

  Hijazi Arabic: زَبون m (zabūn)

• Armenian: հաճախորդ (hy) (hačaxord)
• Azerbaijani: müştəri (az)
• Belarusian: кліе́нт m (klijént), кліе́нтка f (klijéntka)
• Bengali: ক্লায়েন্ট (klaẏenṭo)
• Bulgarian: клие́нт (bg) m (kliént), клие́нтка f (kliéntka), мющери́я (bg) m (mjušteríja), мющери́йка f (mjušteríjka)
• Burmese: ဖောက်သည် (my) (hpauksany)
• Catalan: client (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 顧客／顾客 (gu³ haak³)

  Mandarin: 顧客／顾客 (zh) (gùkè)

• Czech: klient (cs) m, klientka f, zákazník (cs) m, zákazníce f
• Danish: kunde (da) c, klient c
• Dutch: klant (nl) m or f, cliënt (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: kliento
• Estonian: klient (et)
• Finnish: asiakas (fi)
• French: client (fr) m, cliente (fr) f
• Georgian: კლიენტი (ḳlienṭi)
• German: Kunde (de) m, Kundin (de) f, Klient (de) m, Klientin (de) f
• Greek: πελάτης (el) m (pelátis), πελάτισσα (el) f (pelátissa)
• Hebrew: לָקוּחַ (he) m (lakóakh)
• Hindi: ग्राहक (hi) m (grāhak), असामी (hi) m (asāmī), मुवक्किल (hi) m (muvakkil), ख़रीदार m (xarīdār)
• Hungarian: ügyfél (hu)
• Hunsrik: Klïent m or f
• Icelandic: viðskiptavinur m, kaupandi m, kúnni m, skjólstæðingur m
• Ido: kliento (io)
• Indonesian: klien (id)
• 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), クライアント (ja) (kuraianto)
• Kazakh: клиент (klient)
• Khmer: អតិថិជន (ʼaʼtethecŭən), អ្នកទិញ (nĕək tɨñ)
• Korean: 손님 (ko) (sonnim), 고객(顧客) (ko) (gogaek), 객(客) (ko) (gaek)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mişterî (ku), xerîdar (ku), zibûn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кардар (ky) (kardar), клиент (kliyent)
• Lao: ລູກຄ້າ (lo) (lūk khā)
• Latvian: klients m, kliente f
• Lithuanian: klientas (lt) m, klientė f
• Macedonian: клие́нт m (kliént), клие́нтка f (kliéntka), муштерија m (mušterija), муштерика f (mušterika)
• Malay: pelanggan (ms)
• Maori: kiritaki
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үйлчлүүлэгч (mn) (üjlčlüülegč), зочин (mn) (zočin)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klient m, kunde (no) m

  Nynorsk: klient m, kunde m

• Pashto: مشتري m (moštari), خريدار (ps) m (xaridār)
• Persian: مُشتَری (fa) (moštari), خَریدار (fa) (xaridâr)
• Plautdietsch: Kund m
• Polish: klient (pl) m, klientka (pl) f, kupujący m (when buying), usługobiorca (pl) m (service-taker)
• Portuguese: cliente (pt) m or f, freguês (pt) m
• Romanian: client (ro) m, clientă (ro) f, mușteriu (ro) m
• Russian: клие́нт (ru) m (klijént), клие́нтка (ru) f (klijéntka), зака́зчик (ru) m (zakázčik), зака́зчица (ru) f (zakázčica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клѝјент m, клѝјентица f, муштѐрија m

  Roman: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f, muštèrija (sh) m

• Slovak: klient m, klientka f, zákazník m, zákazníčka f
• Slovene: odjemalec m, odjemalka f, klient m, klientka f
• Spanish: cliente (es) m or f
• Swedish: kund (sv) c
• Tajik: муштарӣ (muštarī), мизоҷ (mizoj), харидор (xaridor)
• Tatar: клиент (kliyent)
• Thai: ลูกค้า (th) (lûuk-káa)
• Turkish: müşteri (tr), tüketici (tr)
• Turkmen: müşderi, klient
• Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m (klijént), кліє́нтка f (klijéntka)
• Urdu: مُشْتَری m (muśtarī), خَرِیدار m (xarīdār)
• Uyghur: خېرىدار (xëridar)
• Uzbek: klient, mijoz (uz), xaridor (uz), mushtariy (uz)
• Venetian: cliente m or f
• Vietnamese: khách hàng (vi)
• Yiddish: קליענט m (klient)

computing: the role of a computer application or system

• Catalan: client (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 客戶端／客户端 (zh) (kèhùduān), 用戶端／用户端 (yònghùduān)

• Dutch: client (nl) m
• Esperanto: kliento
• Finnish: asiakasohjelma (program), asiakas (fi)
• French: client (fr) m
• German: Klient (de) m
• Hungarian: kliens (hu)
• Icelandic: biðlari m
• Indonesian: klien (id)
• Japanese: クライアント (ja) (kuraianto)
• Korean: 클라이언트 (keullaieonteu)
• Maori: kiritaki
• Polish: klient (pl) m
• Portuguese: cliente (pt) m
• Russian: клие́нт (ru) m (klijént)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клѝјент m

  Roman: klìjent (sh) m

• Spanish: cliente (es) m
• Swedish: klient (sv) c
• Thai: ลูกข่าย
• Turkish: istemci (tr)
• Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m (klijént)
• Vietnamese: khách (vi), máy khách (vi)

person who receives help or advice from a professional person

• Afrikaans: kliënt (af)
• Arabic: عَمِيل m (ʕamīl)

  Hijazi Arabic: عَمِيل m (ʕamīl)

• Bulgarian: дове́реник (bg) m (dovérenik)
• Catalan: client (ca) m or f
• Czech: klient (cs) m
• Dutch: klant (nl) m, cliënt (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: kliento
• Finnish: asiakas (fi)
• French: client (fr) m
• German: Klient (de) m, Mandant (de) m (of a lawyer)
• Greek: πελάτης (el) m (pelátis)

  Ancient: πελάτης m (pelátēs), πελάτις f (pelátis)

• Hebrew: לָקוֹחַ (he) m (lakóakh), לקוחה f (lakokha)
• Hungarian: kliens (hu), (of a lawyer/attorney) védenc (hu)
• Icelandic: skjólstæðingur m
• Indonesian: klien (id)
• Interlingua: cliente
• Italian: cliente (it) m or f
• Malayalam: കക്ഷി (ml) (kakṣi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klient m

  Nynorsk: klient m

• Persian: ارباب رجوع (fa)
• Polish: petent (pl) m, petentka f, interesant (pl) m, interesantka f, delikwent (pl) m, delikwentka f
• Portuguese: cliente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: client (ro)
• Russian: клие́нт (ru) m (klijént), клие́нтка (ru) f (klijéntka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клѝјент m, клѝјентица f

  Roman: klìjent (sh) m, klìjentica (sh) f

• Spanish: cliente (es)
• Tagalog: kliyente
• Telugu: కక్షిదారు (te) (kakṣidāru)
• Thai: ลูกค้า (th) (lûuk-káa), ลูกความ (lûuk-kwaam) (of a lawyer/attorney)
• Turkish: müvekkil (tr) (law)
• Ukrainian: кліє́нт (uk) m (klijént), кліє́нтка f (klijéntka)

See also

• Client (business) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Client (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Client state on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• server

External links

• Etymology of "Client"

Anagrams

• lectin, lentic

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clientem.

Noun

client m (plural clients, feminine clienta)

1. client, customer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English client.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑi̯.ənt/
• Hyphenation: cli‧ent

Noun

client m (plural clients)

1. (computing) client

   De client communiceert met de server om gegevens op te halen.

   The client communicates with the server to retrieve data.

   De gebruikersinterface van de client is eenvoudig en gebruiksvriendelijk.

   The user interface of the client is simple and user-friendly.

   De software moet zowel op de server als op de client worden geïnstalleerd.

   The software needs to be installed on both the server and the client.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cliënt.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.jɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) client, retainer, follower (person who is under the patronage of someone else)

   Coordinate term: patron

   État client ― vassal state, client state

2. customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service)

   le client est roi ― the customer is always right

   à la tête du client ― according to a person's looks, arbitrarily

Related terms

• clientèle

Further reading

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

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin cliēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kliˈɛnt/

Noun

client m (plural clientj, feminine clienta, plural feminine cliente or clientj)

1. client, customer
2. (Western orthographies) Alternative spelling of plural clientj
3. Alternative form of feminine plural cliente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French client, from Latin cliens.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

client m (plural clienți)

1. client

Declension

Declension of client

	singular		plural
	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

• client in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN