Meanings
plural clienteles · alternative clientèle
- uncountableusuallyThe 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.
3 more examples
The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.
1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN)Due to its mixed clientele over the years, the Record Rack has a varied product array.
1998 March 14, Patricia Bates, “Parks' Record Rack: Serving Southeast Texas Flavor For 39 Years”, in Billboard, volume 110, number 11, page 112Most of his clientele (95 percent are women, he estimates) were familiar with cupcakes from living or studying abroad.
2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian клиенте́ла
- клиенте́ла (klientéla)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Catalan clientela
- clientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Chinese Mandarin 客戶群 /客户群
- 客戶群 /客户群 (kèhùqún)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Czech klientela
- klientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Danish klientel
- klientelbody of clients who frequent an establishment
Dutch klantengroep, klandizie
- klantengroepbody of clients who frequent an establishment
- klandiziebody of clients who frequent an establishment
Finnish asiakaskunta, asiakaspiiri
- asiakaskuntabody of clients who frequent an establishment
- asiakaspiiribody of clients who frequent an establishment
French clientèle
- clientèlebody of clients who frequent an establishment
German Klientel, Kundschaft
- Klientelbody of clients who frequent an establishment
- Kundschaftbody of clients who frequent an establishment
Greek πελατεία
- πελατεία (pelateía)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Hebrew קְלִיֶנְטוּרָה \ קליינטורה
- קְלִיֶנְטוּרָה \ קליינטורה (klientúra)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Hungarian vevőkör, ügyfélkör
- vevőkörbody of clients who frequent an establishment
- ügyfélkörbody of clients who frequent an establishment
- klientélabody of clients who frequent an establishment
- klientúrabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Indonesian pelanggan
- pelangganbody of clients who frequent an establishment
Italian clientela
- clientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Japanese 顧客たち
- 顧客たち (kokyakutachi)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Korean 고객들
- 고객들 (gogaek-deul)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Malay klientel, pelanggan
- klientelbody of clients who frequent an establishment
- pelangganbody of clients who frequent an establishment
Polish klientela
- klientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Portuguese clientela, freguesia
- clientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
- freguesiabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Russian клиенту́ра
- клиенту́ра (klijentúra)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Spanish clientela, distinguida clientela
- clientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
- distinguida clientelabody of clients who frequent an establishment
Swedish kundkrets, klientel
- kundkretsbody of clients who frequent an establishment
- klientelbody of clients who frequent an establishment
Turkish müdavim
- müdavimbody of clients who frequent an establishment
Ukrainian клієнту́ра
- клієнту́ра (klijentúra)body of clients who frequent an establishment
Cite this entry
clientele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clientele
“clientele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clientele. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clientele,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clientele.
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