clientele

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clientele

[klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl] UK
/kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/ UK
/ˌklaɪ.ənˈtɛl/ Canada, US
[ˌklaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl] Canada, US
[klɑe.n̩ˈtel] Australia
[kliː.n̩ˈtel] Australia
[klaɪ.n̩ˈtel] New Zealand
[kliː.n̩ˈtel] New Zealand

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

noun clienteles · clientèle

uncountable, usually 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: business, patronage, customer, client, constituency, patron, population, receivable, base, segment, public, orientation, custom, audience, goodwill, crowd

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noun body of clients who frequent an establishment

Español	clientela, distinguida clientela
한국어	고객들 gogaek-deul
日本語	顧客たち kokyakutachi
中文	客戶群 /客户群 kèhùqún
Português	clientela, freguesia
Français	clientèle
Deutsch	Klientel, Kundschaft
Italiano	clientela
Ελληνικά	πελατεία pelateía
Русский	клиенту́ра klijentúra
עברית	קְלִיֶנְטוּרָה \ קליינטורה klientúra

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@misc{clientele_2026,
  title = {clientele},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clientele},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}