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Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Tính thường xuyên

C2
Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈsaɪfə/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty”), from صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to be empty”). Doublet of chiffre and zero. Sense 8 (a fault in an organ valve) may be a different word.

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