client
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CLIENTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew-#CLIENTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱley- (incline)#CLIENTFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CLIENTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CLIENT client, from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#CLIENT clyent, Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CLIENT client, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CLIENT cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklaɪ.ənt/Category:English 2-syllable words#CLIENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CLIENT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CLIENTAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: cli‧ent
- Rhymes: -aɪəntCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪənt#CLIENTCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪənt/2 syllables#CLIENT
Noun
client (plural clients)Category:English lemmas#CLIENTCategory:English nouns#CLIENTCategory:English countable nouns#CLIENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CLIENTCategory:Pages with entries#CLIENTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CLIENT
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#CLIENT) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields […] . And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, […] . My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.Category:English terms with quotations#CLIENT
- (lawCategory:en:Law#CLIENT) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#CLIENT) In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
- 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
- The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).Category:English terms with quotations#CLIENT
- Ellipsis of client stateCategory:English ellipses#CLIENT.
- 1989, Edward A. Kolodziej, Roger E. Kanet, Limits of Soviet Power, page 95:
- A third preliminary comment deals explicitly with the relations between clients and superpowers.Category:English terms with quotations#CLIENT
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “computing”): server
Hyponyms
Holonyms
- (customer): clientele
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
Client (business) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Client (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Client state on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- server
External links
Anagrams
Category:en:Business#CLIENT Category:en:People#CLIENTCatalan
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#CLIENTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#CLIENT clientem.
Pronunciation
Noun
client m (plural clients, feminine clienta, feminine plural clientes)Category:Catalan lemmas#CLIENTCategory:Catalan nouns#CLIENTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#CLIENTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CLIENTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#CLIENTCategory:Pages with entries#CLIENTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CLIENT
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#CLIENTCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#CLIENT client.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɑi̯.ənt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CLIENT
- Hyphenation: cli‧ent
Noun
client m (plural clients, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#CLIENTCategory:Dutch nouns#CLIENTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#CLIENTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CLIENTCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#CLIENTCategory:Pages with entries#CLIENTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CLIENT
- (computingCategory:nl:Computing#CLIENT) client
- De client communiceert met de server om gegevens op te halen.
- The client communicates with the server to retrieve data.
- De gebruikersinterface van de client is eenvoudig en gebruiksvriendelijk.
- The user interface of the client is simple and user-friendly.
- De software moet zowel op de server als op de client worden geïnstalleerd.
- The software needs to be installed on both the server and the client.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with cliënt.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#CLIENTCategory:French learned borrowings from Latin#CLIENTCategory:French terms derived from Latin#CLIENT cliēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kli.jɑ̃/Category:French 2-syllable words#CLIENTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CLIENT
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLIENTAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLIENTAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLIENTAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLIENTAudio (France): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLIENTAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Noun
client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)Category:French lemmas#CLIENTCategory:French nouns#CLIENTCategory:French countable nouns#CLIENTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CLIENTCategory:French masculine nouns#CLIENTCategory:Pages with entries#CLIENTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CLIENT
- (historicalCategory:French terms with historical senses#CLIENT, Ancient RomeCategory:fr:Ancient Rome#CLIENT) client, retainer, follower (person who is under the patronage of someone else)
- Coordinate term: patron
- État client ― vassal state, client stateCategory:French terms with collocations#CLIENT
- customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service)
- le client est roi ― the customer is always rightCategory:French terms with collocations#CLIENT
- à la tête du client ― according to a person's looks, arbitrarilyCategory:French terms with collocations#CLIENT
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “client”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Lombard
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Lombard terms derived from Latin#CLIENT cliēns.
Pronunciation
Noun
client m (plural clientj, feminine clienta, plural feminine cliente or clientj)Category:Lombard lemmas#CLIENTCategory:Lombard nouns#CLIENTCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#CLIENTCategory:Lombard masculine nouns#CLIENTCategory:Pages with entries#CLIENTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CLIENT
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CLIENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#CLIENT client, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#CLIENT cliens.
Pronunciation
Noun
client m (plural clienți)Category:Romanian lemmas#CLIENTCategory:Romanian nouns#CLIENTCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#CLIENTCategory:Romanian countable nouns#CLIENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CLIENTCategory:Romanian masculine nouns#CLIENTCategory:Pages with entries#CLIENTCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CLIENT
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | client | clientul | clienți | clienții |
| genitive-dative | client | clientului | clienți | clienților |
| vocative | clientule | clienților | ||