🇫🇷 French

client

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

le client

client

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client
/lə klijɑ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say client in French?

IPA
/lə klijɑ̃/

How do you pronounce client in French?

client is pronounced /lə klijɑ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le client satisfait a laissé un excellent avis sur notre restaurant.

The satisfied client left an excellent review on our restaurant.

Notre ancien client a décidé de faire affaire avec un concurrent plus compétitif.

Our former client decided to do business with a more competitive competitor.

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Why is it masculine?

Client is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "cliens" (nominative singular), which was grammatically masculine. However, in modern French, "client" has both masculine and feminine forms: "client" (masculine) and "cliente" or "cliente" are used, though "cliente" is less common in standard French. The masculine form "client" persisted as the default form through Old French into modern French, retaining the gender of its Latin source.

What is the French word for client?

The French word for client is le client — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishclienteelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianclienteilmasculine

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