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==English==
==German==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{bor+|de|en|client}}.
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{m|enm|client}}, from {{etyl|xno|en}} {{m|fro|clyent}}, {{m|fro|client}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{m|la|cliēns}}, according to some, an alteration of {{m|la|cluēns}}, from {{m|la|clueō|cluēre|to be called}}, or more likely from {{m|la|clīnō|clīnāre|to lean}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-Client.ogg}}
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈklʌɪənt/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|/ˈklaɪ.ənt/|lang=en}}
* {{audio|en-us-client.ogg|Audio (US)|lang=en}}
* {{hyphenation|cli|ent|lang=en}}
* {{rhymes|aɪənt|lang=en}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{de-noun|m,s,s}}


# {{lb|de|computing}} [[client]]
# A [[customer]], a buyer or receiver of [[goods]] or [[service]]s.
# {{lb|en|computing}} The role of through [[computer]] [[application]] or [[system]] that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of [[server]].
# Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc).
#* {{quote-book|year=1898|author={{w|Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill}}
|title={{w|The Celebrity}}|chapter=8
|passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields{{...}}. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,{{...}}. My '''Client''' welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.}}
# {{lb|en|legal}} A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.


====Synonyms====
====Declension====
{{de-ndecl|m,s,s}}
* {{sense|customer}} {{l|en|buyer}}, {{l|en|customer}}


==German==

===Etymology===
{{bor|de|en|client}}.

===Noun===
{{de-noun|m|Clients|Clients}}

# {{lb|de|computing}} [[client]]


====See also====
====See also====
* {{l|de|Ser­ver}}
* {{l|de|Server}}


===External links===
===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

[[de:Client]]
[[pl:Client]]

Latest revision as of 13:49, 2 June 2024

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English client.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Nomen

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Client m (strong, genitive Clients, plural Clients)

  1. (computing) client

Declension

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Client” in Duden online
  • Client” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache