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client

/kˈlaɪənt/KLIGH-uhnt
/kˈlaɪənt/KLIGH-uhnt

Meaninga follower

Common meaning: a customer of a professional

Journey through time

  1. Latincliens, -entis‘a dependant, follower’
  2. Frenchclient
  3. Middle Englishclientsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa dependant, follower → a customer of a professionalclient‘a customer of a professional’ · today

client also in: clientele

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin cliens ‘a dependant, follower’.

Roots

Related words

clientele

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