kliento

Ultimately from Latin cliēns, from clueō (“I am called, named, esteemed”). Compare French client, English client, Italian cliente, German Klient, Russian клие́нт (klijént), Spanish cliente.

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• IPA^(key): /kliˈento/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: kli‧en‧to

kliento (accusative singular klienton, plural klientoj, accusative plural klientojn)

1. customer, client (buyer or receiver of goods or services)

   Mi maltrafis gravan kunvenon ĉi-matene...mia kliento certe ne kontentas.

   I missed an important meeting this morning...my client is certainly not pleased.

• klientaro (“clientele”)

kliento (plural klienti)

1. customer, client