英和和英

語源

post- +‎ fix

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/

動詞

postfix (三人称単数 現在形 postfixes, 現在分詞 postfixing, 過去形および過去分詞形 postfixed)

1. (transitive) To suffix.
   • 1762, John Parkhurst, An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points

     動詞s with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת‎ (לקח‎ to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו.

2. (biology) To subject a sample to postfixation

名詞

postfix (複数形 postfixes)

1. (chiefly computing) Suffix.
   • 1843, George Moody, The English journal of education, volume 1, page 69:

     Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson.

   • 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §9.4

     An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable.

使用する際の注意点

Postfix is often used in programming or computing, while in the modern era suffix is used elsewhere, especially in linguistics.

派生語

• postfix notation

参考

• reverse Polish notation
• infix