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宣言子 (せんげんし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

宣せん言げん子し

Meanings

1

noun

declarator

computing

A computing term for a syntactic element that declares a variable, function, or type in programming languages. Rare outside technical contexts.

C言げん語ごでは、int が整数いんとがせい変数すうへんすうの宣せん言げん子しとして使つかわれる。
In C, int is used as a declarator for integer variables.

Kanji

宣proclaim, say, announce
言say, word
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Similar words

宣せん言げん
宣言 means 'declaration' in a general sense, while 宣言子 specifically refers to the syntactic element in programming.

Etymology

Compound of 宣言 (declaration) and 子 (a suffix used in computing for syntactic elements, akin to 'operator' or 'specifier'). The exact origin is uncertain; likely a calque from English 'declarator'.