a Frenchman or a Frenchwoman; (in the plural) the French · ellipsis of ranskalainen peruna/ranskalaiset perunat (“French fry/French fries”) (plural for the dish, singular only for an individual fry)
France (a country located primarily in Western Europe) · a male given name from Chinese
eş: Phật Lãng Sa, Pháp quốc
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 法, from Middle Chinese 法 (pjop). As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 法國 /法国 (Pháp quốc), in turn contracted from Chinese phonetics Mandarin 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Fǎlánxī, Fàlánxī, Pháp Lan Tây) + 國 /国 (quốc, “country”), from French France. Doublet of phép.