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| ฝรั่ง faL rangL |  |
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| 1. | non-Asian foreigner, [usually] Caucasian [see notes] |
| 2. | guava, Psidium guyava |
| 3. | foreign; non-Thai |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ฝะ-หฺรั่ง |
| IPA | fà ràŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | farang |
1.  [noun, adjective, colloquial, loanword, French] | |||
| definition | non-Asian foreigner, [usually] Caucasian [see notes] | ||
| notes | This word is believed to have originated as a transliteration of the French pronunciation of the French word "Français." The French were the first group of Westerners to be known amongst the Siamese. ฝรั่ง is now used to refer to any foreign object adopted into Thai culture. The loanword may have migrated into Thailand and the Thai language by way of 17th century Persian and Indian trade routes—there is a similar Persian loanword which is used to refer to non-Muslims. This colloquialism is used to refer to a Caucasian or Westerner. The formal word that Thai people use for a foreigner is คนต่างชาติ  . Thai people would consider any Caucasian to be foreigners but they would by no means consider all foreigners to be Caucasians. Asians&8212;such as Chinese or Japanese—visiting and living in Thailand are technically foreigners but they would not be referred to as "ฝรั่ง." | ||
| classifier | คน  | khohnM | [numerical classifier for persons/occupations] |
| examples | ฝรั่งขี้เหนียว | faL rangL kheeF niaaoR | a stingy or penny-pinching foreigner |
| ฝรั่งมังค่า | faL rangL mangM khaaF | a white man, a European, a Westerner | |
| ฝรั่งจ๋า | faL rangL jaaR | to idolize foreign things; culture; clothes; lifestyles; etc. | |
| ฝรั่งขี้นก | faL rangL kheeF nohkH | [showing disapproval] a Thai follower of European of American customs; a Thai who puts on airs as if he or she was a Westerner; a Thai who apes Westerners | |
| ต้นฝรั่งขี้นก | dtohnF faL rangL kheeF nohkH | [plant] a species of red-reeded and round-shaped ฝรั่ง (guava) | |
| sample sentences | |||
เนื้อหาของประวัติศาสตร์อาณานิคมที่ฝรั่งสร้างขึ้นมีท้องเรื่องคล้ายๆ กัน คือมหาอาณาจักรที่เรืองอำนาจและธนสารสมบัติหนึ่งได้เกิดขึ้น neuuaH haaR khaawngR bpraL watL saatL aaM naaM niH khohmM theeF faL rangL saangF kheunF meeM thaawngH reuuangF khlaaiH khlaaiH ganM kheuuM maH haaR aaM naaM jakL theeF reuuangM amM naatF laeH thohnM saanR sohmR batL neungL daiF geertL kheunF "The essential elements of the colonial histories of the West are much the same; that is, they are major empires which amassed power and great wealth." | |||
สื่อมวลชนไทยนั้น พอขึ้นชื่อว่าข่าวต่างประเทศแล้ว ก็เอาข่าวของฝรั่งมาลงทั้งดุ้น seuuL muaanM chohnM thaiM nanH phaawM kheunF cheuuF waaF khaaoL dtaangL bpraL thaehtF laaeoH gaawF aoM khaaoL khaawngR faL rangL maaM lohngM thangH doonF "The Thai press relates stories from the foreign press in their entirety when reporting foreign news stories. ." | |||
| 2. [noun] | |||
| definition | guava, Psidium guyava | ||
| classifier | ลูก | luukF | [numerical classifier for children, round fruit and midsized hard round objects] |
| 3. [adjective, loanword, French] | |||
| definition | foreign; non-Thai | ||
| notes | This Thai word is used transliterally in English sentences by English-speakers in Thailand. | ||
| examples | หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง  | naawL maaiH faL rangL | asparagus |
| หมากฝรั่ง | maakL faL rangL | chewing gum | |
| มันฝรั่ง | manM faL rangL | [general] Irish potato; potato | |
| ระนาดฝรั่ง | raH naatF faL rangL | (non-Thai) xylophone | |
| หมากรุกฝรั่ง | maakL rookH faL rangL | chess | |
| คนฝรั่ง | khohnM faL rangL | foreigner | |
| ผักชีฝรั่ง | phakL cheeM faL rangL | parsley, Petroselinum sativum | |
| ชาวฝรั่ง | chaaoM faL rangL | foreigner; white man | |
| ต้นมันฝรั่ง | dtohnF manM faL rangL | the potato plant | |
| ภาษาฝรั่ง | phaaM saaR faL rangL | foreign language; European or Western languages | |
| special note |
This word contains an initial consonant cluster which follows the general clustered consonant tone rule. This
is the common case for clusters in which:
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