klant

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klant, from Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin calēre (“to be hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klant/

Noun

klant (plural klante)

1. customer, client

Related terms

• kalant

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kalant (dated, now Belgium)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin caleō (“to be hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: klant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

klant m (plural klanten, diminutive klantje n, feminine klante)

1. customer, client

   Synonym: (with service providers) cliënt

   De klant is altijd koning in deze winkel.

   The customer is always king in this store.

2. chap, bloke

   Hij is een aardige klant die vaak hier komt.

   He's a nice chap who comes here often.

Derived terms

• bajesklant
• de klant is koning
• kermisklant
• klantenkaart
• klantenservice
• klantendienst
• klanterij
• klantrelatie
• Oranjeklant

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klant
• → West Frisian: klant

Anagrams

• knalt

Swedish

Noun

klant c

1. someone who has blundered (made a clumsy or embarrassing mistake) or who regularly blunders; a blunderer, a "klutz" (in an extended sense that includes being klutzy in non-physical ways)

   Synonym: (stronger) klantarsel

   Jag satte in pengarna på fel konto. Jag är en sån klant!

   I deposited the money in the wrong account. I'm such an idiot (blunderer)!

   Nu tappade du tallrikarna igen din klant!

   Now you dropped the plates again you klutz (blunderer)!

Declension

Declension of klant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klant	klants
	definite	klanten	klantens
plural	indefinite	klantar	klantars
	definite	klantarna	klantarnas

Derived terms

• klanta (“to blunder”)
• klanta till (“to mess up/botch something”)
• klantig (“characterized by blundering”)

References

• klant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)