clientele

• clientèle

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl], /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌklaɪ.ənˈtɛl/, [ˌklaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [klɑe.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [klaɪ.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel]

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^[1], volume 110, number 11, page 112:

     Due to its mixed clientele over the years, the Record Rack has a varied product array.

   • 2009 September 23, Anna Louie Sussman, “Yes, We Speak Cupcake”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 June 2022:

     Most of his clientele (95 percent are women, he estimates) were familiar with cupcakes from living or studying abroad.

• client
• clientdom

• customer base

• étincellé

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

clientele f pl

1. plural of clientela