clientélisme
French, noun/kli.jɑ̃.te.lism/
clientélisme is spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-É-L-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clientélisme is a French masculine noun meaning “patronage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relation qui unissait un patron à son client”.
What does clientélisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatronage
- 2
masculineclientelism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Relation qui unissait un patron à son client. 2. Relations d’intérêt entre les hommes politiques et les citoyens, échange de faveurs (commission, appel d’offre attribué préférentiellement contre vote et soutien à la campagne électorale, 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 clientélisme
- clientélismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clientélisme?
- /kli.jɑ̃.te.lism/
- /kli.jɑ̃.te.lizm/
- \kli.jɑ̃.te.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clientélisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clientélisme in French?
clientélisme appears 1.1 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).