Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: phin
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of coffee filter.

noun

A type of lute with a pear-shaped body, originating in Thailand and played mostly by ethnic Laotians in Thailand and Laos.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: phin

Questions

What does phin mean?: A type of coffee filter.
Where does phin come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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