clientele

== English == === Alternative forms === clientèle === Etymology === Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cliēns (English client). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl], /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌklaɪ.ənˈtɛl/, [ˌklaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl] (Australian) IPA(key): [klɑe.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel] (New Zealand) IPA(key): [klaɪ.n̩ˈtel], [kliː.n̩ˈtel] === Noun === clientele (usually uncountable, plural clienteles) 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; a group of specific clients collectively. 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN) The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== client clientdom ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== customer base === Anagrams === étincellé == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kli.enˈtɛ.le/ Rhymes: -ɛle Hyphenation: cli‧en‧tè‧le === Noun === clientele f pl plural of clientela