farang
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng, “Westerner”). Doublet of Frank.
Noun
farang (plural farangs)
- A foreigner in Thailand who is of Western ancestry; one who comes to Thailand from a Western country.
- 2017 March 30, "Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited:
- Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport: A foreign man is believed to have committed suicide when he fell from the fourth floor of Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning.
- 2017 April 20, "Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited:
- Crazy farang tied up by Pattaya locals and police after he jumped from roof to roof: A foreign man was tied up by locals and police Wednesday morning... At midnight, locals alerted the police after the farang went on a rampage and destroyed other people's property... Witnesses said they had not seen the man before. The farang continued to let out curses as he was moved onto the police's truck...
- 2017 May 9, "Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited:
- Farang couple has sex on Samui beach for audience of stray dogs: A local on Koh Samui shared a video of a couple he called "farang scums" having sex on the beach for an audience of confused stray dogs.
- 2017 March 30, "Farang jumps to his death at Suvarnabhumi Airport", Coconuts Bangkok, Coconuts Media Limited:
Translations
(Thailand) foreigner of Western ancestry
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See also
- ferenghi
Anagrams
- franga
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɑːɾɑŋ]
Noun
farang
- an epidemic
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
farang m (definite singular farangen, indefinite plural farangar, definite plural farangane)
- an epidemy (sometimes reffered to stomach sickness resulting in vomiting)
- 1969, Det norske bibelselkap, Bibelen:
- Farangar skal han lata hanga atti deg, til han hev rudt deg ut or landet som du kjem inn og skal leggja under deg
- Epidemys will he let hang after you, untill he gets cleansed you from the land you're coming to and will occupy (The fifth book of Moses, 28:21)
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