"customer, client" in seven languages
Meaningcustomer, client
Spanish
cliente
/ˈkljente/
masc.learned
French
client
/klijɑ̃/
masc.learned
fem.: cliente
Italian
cliente
/kliˈɛnte/
masc.learned
Portuguese
cliente
/kliˈẽtʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
client
/kliˈent/
masc.borrowed · French client
Catalan
client
/kliˈen/
masc.learned
English
customer
/ˈkʌstəmɚ/
other source · Anglo-French custumer (Latin CONSUĒTŪDINEM)
'Client' is the shared word.
English → Italiancustomer, clientclienteNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: client, clientele.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CLIENTEM‘dependant of a patron’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In Rome a cliens was a patron's dependant. Being learned, the word keeps its cl- everywhere — no Spanish ll-, no Italian chi-.
English relatives: client, clientele
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In a sentence
- esEl cliente siempre tiene razón.
- frLe client est roi.
- itIl cliente ha sempre ragione.
- ptO cliente tem sempre razão.
- roClientul are întotdeauna dreptate.
- caEl client sempre té raó.
- enThe customer is always right.