フランキ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
仏郎機
仏狼機

Etymology

From Mandarin 佛朗機佛朗机 (Fólǎngjī).

Pronunciation

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

References

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