フランキ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
仏郎機
仏狼機

Etymology

From Mandarin 佛朗機／佛朗机 (Fólǎngjī).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) フラ​ンキ [fùráꜜǹkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾã̠ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

フランキ • (furanki) 

  1. (obsolete) a Portuguese or Spaniard
    said by the Chinese in the Ming dynasty
  2. (historical) a breech-loading swivel gun
    where it was originally imported from

Synonyms
  • 仏(ふつ)狼機(ろうき), 仏(ふつ)郎機(ろうき) (futsurōki)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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