Etymology

phin

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Today it means: A type of coffee filter. Full definition →

Vietnamese phin
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  1. Vietnamese · borrowed fromphin“a filter”
  2. English todayphin

Borrowed from Vietnamese phin (“a filter”). Doublet of filter.

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