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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 隱.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ẩn
- latent
- (computing) hidden
Verb
ẩn
- (of a person) to seclude oneself from the world
- (literary) to hide oneself
- (computing) to hide
Noun
ẩn
- Clipping of ẩn số (“mathematical unknown”).
Usage notes
- "Hide" and "hidden" may not be a computing term per se, but ẩn is chiefly used to translate them in computing contexts, as in thư mục ẩn ("hidden folder").
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