clientele

See also: clientèle

English

Alternative forms

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): /ˌklaɪ.ənˈtɛl/, [ˌklaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl]
  • (Australia) IPA(key): [klɑe.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel]
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): [klaɪ.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel]

Noun

clientele (usually uncountable, plural clienteles)

  1. The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively.
    Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses.
    • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN)
      The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.
    • 1998 March 14, Patricia Bates, “Parks' Record Rack: Serving Southeast Texas Flavor For 39 Years”, in Billboard‎[1], volume 110, number 11, page 112:
      Due to its mixed clientele over the years, the Record Rack has a varied product array.
    • 2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 June 2022:
      Most of his clientele (95 percent are women, he estimates) were familiar with cupcakes from living or studying abroad.

Derived terms

Translations

body of clients who frequent an establishment

See also

Anagrams

  • étincellé

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kli.enˈtɛ.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛle
  • Hyphenation: cli‧en‧tè‧le

Noun

clientele f pl

  1. plural of clientela
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