cliente

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.jɑ̃t/

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Noun

cliente f (plural clientes)

1. female equivalent of client

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin clientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kliˈɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: cli‧èn‧te
• IPA^(key): (regional) /kliˈen.te/

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  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: cli‧én‧te

Noun

cliente m or f by sense (plural clienti)

1. customer
2. guest (in a hotel)
3. client
4. regular (of a bar etc.)

Related terms

• clientela

Further reading

• “cliente”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• lectine

Latin

Noun

cliente

1. ablative singular of cliēns

Lombard

Alternative forms

• client (Western)
• clienti (Eastern)

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /kliˈɛnt/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /kliˈɛnte/, /kliˈɛnti/

Noun

cliente f pl

1. feminine plural of client

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin clientem, alteration of cluēns, present active participle of clueō (“to be called, to be named, to be esteemed”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kliˈẽ.t͡ʃi/, (faster) /ˈkljẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kliˈẽ.tɨ/, (faster) /ˈkljẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: cli‧en‧te

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Noun

cliente m or f by sense (plural clientes)

1. customer, client (one who purchases or receives a product or service)

   Synonyms: freguês, usuário

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     Okonomiyaki: Vulgarmente conhecida como "pizza japonesa", é uma espécie de panqueca assada em chapa quente, sobre a qual são dispostos frutos do mar, vegetais e até queijo. Okonomi significa "ao seu gosto", e, em alguns restaurantes especializados, o próprio cliente prepara o seu prato, à frente de uma chapa, misturando os ingredientes de sua preferência. Geralmente é finalizado com maionese, tarê (molho adocicado de shoyu) e katsuobushi.

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Derived terms

• clientela

Further reading

• “cliente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cliente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cliente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cliente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clientem, based on clueō (“to be called, to be named, to be esteemed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkljente/ [ˈkljẽn̪.t̪e], /kliˈente/ [kliˈẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: clien‧te, cli‧en‧te

Noun

cliente m (plural clientes, feminine cliente or clienta, feminine plural clientes or clientas)

1. client
2. customer
3. (computing) client

   Antonym: servidor

Usage notes

• Historically, and still more common currently, this noun has had the same form for both genders ("el cliente" and "la cliente"; "los clientes" and "las clientes").

Derived terms

• atención al cliente
• cartera de clientes
• servicio al cliente

Related terms

• clientela

Further reading

• “cliente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026