clientul

Clientul is a Romanian noun meaning “the client.” It refers to a person or organization that purchases goods or services, or otherwise receives a service. In everyday use, it can denote a customer in retail, a business client, or a user of a service. In information technology, the term also designates the program or device that requests services from a server within a client–server architecture.

Etymology and usage notes: The Romanian term derives from the French client or from Latin cliens, historically meaning a person under the protection or patronage of someone. It entered Romanian in the modern period and follows the language’s system of definite articles attached to nouns. The masculine singular definite form is clientul, while the indefinite singular is un client. The feminine form exists as clientă (a female client) with the feminine definite form clienta.

Morphology and forms: The standard masculine singular definite form is clientul (the client). The plural forms include clienți (clients) and clienții (the clients). The feminine forms are clientă (a female client) and clienta (the female client in definite form). Romanian also allows the base form client for the indefinite singular, and un client for “a client.”

Usage examples and scope: The term is common in business, marketing, and customer relations, as well as in IT contexts to refer to software or devices that request services from a server. Related terms include consumator and utilizator, depending on context.