"client" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kli.jɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-client.ogg Forms: clients [plural], cliente [feminine]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin clientem. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|cliēns|clientem}} Learned borrowing from Latin clientem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)
  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) client, retainer, follower (person who is under the patronage of someone else) Tags: Ancient-Rome, historical, masculine Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-client-fr-noun-fifSa0A8 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-client-fr-noun-TkU6nJ2W Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: clientèle

Inflected forms

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