clientele

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See also: clientèle

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Etymology

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

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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.
    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, volume 110, number 11, page 112:
      Due to its mixed clientele over the years, the Record Rack has a varied product array.

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

clientele f pl

  1. plural of clientela