clientèle
French, noun/kli.jɑ̃.tɛl/
clientèle is spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-È-L-E (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clientèle is a French feminine noun meaning “clientele (body of clients)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chez les Romains, ensemble des clients d’un patron”.
What does clientèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclientele (body of clients)
chargé de clientèle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chez les Romains, ensemble des clients d’un patron. 2. Tous ceux qui s’attachent à la personne d’un homme puissant pour en obtenir des faveurs. 3. Tous les clients d’un avocat, d’un avoué, d’un notaire, d’un médecin, d’un marchand, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of clientèle
- clientèles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clientèle?
- /kli.jɑ̃.tɛl/
- \kli.jɑ̃.tɛl\
- [kli.jɑ̃.tɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clientèle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clientèle in French?
clientèle appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).