noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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From French terminologie or German Terminologie and their source, New Latin terminologia, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) + -ologia (“study of”), from -o- (“(interconsonantal)”) + -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).
Across languages
Translations
136 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
terminologji
— treatise on terms
Arabic:
عِلْمُ المُصْطَلَحِ
(ʕilmu l-muṣṭalaḥi)
— treatise on terms
Armenian:
տերմինաբանություն
(terminabanutʻyun)
— treatise on terms
Asturian:
terminoloxía
— treatise on terms
Belarusian:
тэрмінало́гія
(terminalóhija)
— treatise on terms
Belarusian:
тэрміналёгія
(terminaljóhija)
— treatise on terms
Bulgarian:
терминоло́гия
(terminológija)
— treatise on terms
Catalan:
terminologia
— treatise on terms
Chinese Mandarin:
術語學 /术语学
(shùyǔxué)
— treatise on terms
Czech:
terminologie
— treatise on terms
Danish:
terminologi
— treatise on terms
Dutch:
terminologie
— treatise on terms
Esperanto:
terminologio
— treatise on terms
Estonian:
terminoloogia
— treatise on terms
Finnish:
terminologia
— treatise on terms
French:
terminologie
— treatise on terms
Galician:
terminoloxía
— treatise on terms
Georgian:
ტერმინოლოგია
(ṭerminologia)
— treatise on terms
German:
Terminologie
— treatise on terms
Greek:
ορολογία
(orología)
— treatise on terms
Hebrew:
טֶרְמִינוֹלוֹגְיָה
(terminológya)
— treatise on terms
Hindi:
शब्दावली
(śabdāvlī)
— treatise on terms
Hungarian:
terminológia
— treatise on terms
Ido:
terminaro
— treatise on terms
Indonesian:
terminologi
— treatise on terms
Indonesian:
peristilahan
— treatise on terms
Italian:
terminologia
— treatise on terms
Khmer:
យត្តស័ព្ទវិជ្ជា
(yeatta’sap viccie)
— treatise on terms
Korean:
술어학
(sureohak)
— treatise on terms
Latvian:
terminoloģija
— treatise on terms
Lithuanian:
terminologija
— treatise on terms
Macedonian:
терминологија
(terminologija)
— treatise on terms
Malay:
terminologi
— treatise on terms
Malay:
peristilahan
— treatise on terms
Norwegian Bokmål:
terminologi
— treatise on terms
Norwegian Nynorsk:
terminologi
— treatise on terms
Iranian Persian:
اِصْطِلاحشِناسی
(estelâh-šenâsi)
— treatise on terms
Iranian Persian:
تِرْمینولوژی
(terminoloži)
— treatise on terms
Polish:
terminologia
— treatise on terms
Portuguese:
terminologia
— treatise on terms
Romanian:
terminologie
— treatise on terms
Russian:
терминоло́гия
(terminológija)
— treatise on terms
Serbo-Croatian:
terminològija
— treatise on terms
Serbo-Croatian:
nàzivoslōvlje
— treatise on terms
Slovak:
terminológia
— treatise on terms
Slovene:
terminologija
— treatise on terms
Spanish:
terminología
— treatise on terms
Swedish:
terminologi
— treatise on terms
Tagalog:
katawagan
— treatise on terms
Udmurt:
нимкыллык
(ńimkyllyk)
— treatise on terms
Udmurt:
удыскыллык
(udyskyllyk)
— treatise on terms
Udmurt:
терминология
(ťerminologija)
— treatise on terms
Ukrainian:
терміноло́гія
(terminolóhija)
— treatise on terms
Albanian:
terminologji
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Arabic:
مُصْطَلَح
(muṣṭalaḥ)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Asturian:
terminoloxía
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Azerbaijani:
terminologiya
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Belarusian:
тэрмінало́гія
(terminalóhija)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Belarusian:
тэрміналёгія
(terminaljóhija)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Bengali:
পরিভাষা
(poribhaśa)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Bulgarian:
терминоло́гия
(terminológija)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Catalan:
terminologia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Chinese Mandarin:
用語 /用语
(yòngyǔ)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Chinese Mandarin:
術語 /术语
(shùyǔ)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Czech:
názvosloví
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Czech:
terminologie
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Danish:
terminologi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Dutch:
terminologie
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Estonian:
terminoloogia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Finnish:
termistö
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Finnish:
käsitteistö
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Finnish:
terminologia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
French:
terminologie
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Galician:
terminoloxía
— terms used in any business, art, etc
German:
Terminologie
— terms used in any business, art, etc
German:
Fachsprache
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Greek:
ορολογία
(orología)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Hindi:
शब्दावली
(śabdāvlī)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Hindi:
पारिभाषिकी
(pāribhāṣikī)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Hungarian:
szaknyelv
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Hungarian:
szakkifejezések
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Icelandic:
íðorðafræði
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Ido:
terminaro
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Indonesian:
terminologi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Indonesian:
peristilahan
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Irish:
téarmaíocht
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Italian:
terminologia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Japanese:
用語
(yōgo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Japanese:
専門語
(semmongo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Japanese:
術語
(jutsugo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Kazakh:
терминология
(terminologiä)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Khmer:
យត្តស័ព្ទវិជ្ជា
(yeatta’sap viccie)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Khmer:
បច្ចេកសព្ទ
(pacceeka’ sap)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Khmer:
យត្តស័ព្ទ
(yeatta’sap)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Korean:
전문 용어
(jeonmun yong'eo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Korean:
용어
(yong'eo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Korean:
전문어
(jeonmuneo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Kyrgyz:
терминология
(terminologiya)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Latvian:
terminoloģija
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Lithuanian:
terminologija
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Lithuanian:
terminija
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Macedonian:
терминологија
(terminologija)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Malay:
terminologi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Malay:
peristilahan
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Maltese:
terminoloġija
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Mongolian:
нэр томьёо
(ner tomʹjoo)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Norwegian Bokmål:
terminologi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Norwegian Nynorsk:
terminologi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Iranian Persian:
اِصْطِلاح
(estelâh)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Iranian Persian:
اِصْطِلاحات
(estelâhât)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Polish:
terminologia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Portuguese:
terminologia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Romanian:
terminologie
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Russian:
терминоло́гия
(terminológija)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Scots:
terminology
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Serbo-Croatian:
терминоло̀гија
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Serbo-Croatian:
на́зӣвље
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Serbo-Croatian:
terminològija
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Serbo-Croatian:
názīvlje
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Slovak:
názvoslovie
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Slovak:
terminológia
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Slovene:
terminologija
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Spanish:
terminología
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Swahili:
istilahi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Swedish:
terminologi
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Tagalog:
katawagan
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Tagalog:
tawag
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Tajik:
истилоҳ
(istiloh)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Tajik:
истилоҳот
(istilohot)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Thai:
ศัพท์เฉพาะ
(sàp-chà-pɔ́)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Turkish:
terminoloji
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Ukrainian:
терміноло́гія
(terminolóhija)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Urdu:
اِصْطِلاحات
(istilāhāt)
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Uzbek:
terminologiya
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Uzbek:
istiloh
— terms used in any business, art, etc
Uzbek:
istilohot
— terms used in any business, art, etc