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])
• 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)