Klients

Klients is a noun used in Latvian to designate a person or organization that purchases goods or uses services from a business, professional, or institution. In everyday language it corresponds to the English word client or customer. In professional settings—such as law, consulting, or accounting—the term refers to the party receiving services. The word is used in both singular and plural forms; typical modern usage uses klients for one client and klienti for several.

Etymology and cognates: Klients is a loanword derived from Latin cliens, which historically referred to a person under the protection or patronage of a patron. Through European languages, the term has produced cognates in many Western languages for the concept of a client or customer.

Computing usage: In information technology, Latvian uses klients to denote the client in a client-server model. A client is a program or device that requests resources or services from a server, with the counterpart being serveris or servers. In IT contexts, klients may refer to software clients, workstations, or other endpoints that interact with a server.

Declension and grammar: The word is masculine in gender. It follows standard Latvian declension with forms such as klients, klienta, klientam, klientu, and the plural klienti, klientiem, etc., depending on case and number.

See also: client-server model, client (English), customer, patron, consumer.