Phrase guide

customer service

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A department that provides services to existing customers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خِدْمَة اَلْعُمَلَاء (ḵidmat al-ʕumalāʔ) — act of providing services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顧客服務 /顾客服务 (gùkè fúwù) — act of providing services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客服 (kèfú) — act of providing services
  • Danish: kundeservice — act of providing services
  • Dutch: klantenservice — act of providing services
  • Finnish: asiakaspalvelu — act of providing services
  • French: service client — act of providing services
  • French: service clientèle — act of providing services
  • French: service à la clientèle — act of providing services
  • German: Kundendienst — act of providing services
  • German: Kundenservice — act of providing services
  • Hungarian: ügyfélszolgálat — act of providing services
  • Indonesian: pelayanan pelanggan — act of providing services
  • Irish: seirbhís chustaiméirí — act of providing services
  • Italian: servizio clienti — act of providing services
  • Japanese: 顧客サービス (kokyaku sābisu) — act of providing services
  • Japanese: アフターサービス (afutāsābisu) — act of providing services
  • Korean: 고객 서비스 (gogaek seobiseu) — act of providing services
  • Polish: obsługa klientów — act of providing services
  • Portuguese: serviço de atendimento ao cliente — act of providing services
  • Russian: обслу́живание клие́нтов (obslúživanije klijéntov) — act of providing services
  • Russian: слу́жба рабо́ты с покупа́телями (slúžba rabóty s pokupáteljami) — act of providing services
  • Russian: се́рвис (sɛ́rvis) — act of providing services
  • Serbo-Croatian: služba za korisnike — act of providing services
  • Spanish: servicio de atención al cliente — act of providing services
  • Spanish: servicio al cliente — act of providing services
  • Swahili: huduma ya wateja — act of providing services
  • Swedish: kundtjänst — act of providing services
  • Swedish: kundservice — act of providing services
  • Ukrainian: обслуго́вування кліє́нтів (obsluhóvuvannja klijéntiv) — act of providing services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顧客服務部 /顾客服务部 (gùkè fúwùbù) — department
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客服部 (kèfúbù) — department
  • Danish: kundeservice — department
  • Dutch: klantenservice — department
  • Finnish: asiakaspalvelu — department
  • Hungarian: ügyfélszolgálat — department
  • Hungarian: vevőszolgálat — department
  • Indonesian: pelayanan pelanggan — department
  • Malay: perkhidmatan pelanggan — department
  • Polish: obsługa klienta — department
  • Spanish: servicio al cliente — department
  • Swedish: kundtjänst — department