フランキ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
仏郎機
仏狼機

From Mandarin 佛朗機 / 佛朗机 (Fólǎngjī).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) フランキ [fùráꜜǹkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾã̠ŋʲkʲi]

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)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of フランキ – see the following entry.
【孵卵器ふらんき】
[noun] incubator
(This term, フランキ (furanki), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

References

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