different between client vs participant

English

Etymology

From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cli?ns, according to some, an alteration of clu?ns, from clu?re (“to be called”), or more likely from cl?n?re (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl???nt/
• IPA^(key): /?kla?.?nt/
• Hyphenation: cli?ent
• Rhymes: -a??nt

Noun

client (plural clients)

1. A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
2. (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
3. A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
4. (law) 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.
5. Short for client state.
   • 1989, Edward A. Kolodziej, ?Roger E. Kanet, Limits of Soviet Power (page 95)

     A third preliminary comment deals explicitly with the relations between clients and superpowers.

Synonyms

• (customer): buyer, customer, patron, purchaser

Antonyms

• (computing): server

Hyponyms

Holonyms

• (customer): clientele

Derived terms

Related terms

• clientele
• climate
• cline

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (kuraianto)

Translations

See also

• client on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• server

Anagrams

• lectin, lentic

Catalan

Etymology

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Noun

client f (plural clients)

1. client, customer

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English client.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?i?.?nt/
• Hyphenation: cli?ent

Noun

client m (plural clients)

1. (computing) client

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cliënt.

French

Etymology

From Latin cli?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.j??/

Noun

client m (plural clients, feminine cliente)

1. customer; client (one who purchases or receives a product or service)

Derived terms

• à la tête du client
• le client a toujours raison
• le client est roi

Further reading

• “client” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin cli?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli??nt/

Noun

client m (plural clientj, feminine clienta, plural feminine cliente or clientj)

1. client, customer
2. (Western orthographies) Alternative spelling of plural clientj
3. Alternative form of feminine plural cliente

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin particip?ns, present participle of particip?; see participate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???t?s?p?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p????t?s?p?nt/, /p???t?s?p?nt/

Noun

participant (plural participants)

1. One who participates.

Synonyms

• entrant, partaker, participator

Translations

Adjective

participant (not comparable)

1. Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

   • Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;

Further reading

• participant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• participant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• participant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.ti.si?pant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.ti.si?pan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa?.ti.si?pant/

Noun

participant m or f (plural participants)

1. participant

Verb

participant

1. present participle of participar

Further reading

• “participant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “participant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “participant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “participant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Noun

participant m (plural participants, feminine participante)

1. participant

Verb

participant

1. present participle of participer

Further reading

• “participant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

participant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of particip?

Occitan

Noun

participant m or f (plural participants)

1. participant

Related terms

• participar

Romanian

Etymology

From French participant

Noun

participant m (plural participan?i)

1. participant

Declension