Term banks and glossaries

Term banks and electronic glossaries

Two-letter language identifiers for the representation of names of languages according to the ISO 639 standard are used to indicate which languages the various sources contain.

These online-glossaries contain at least one of the Nordic languages. If you want to find glossaries and dictionaries in other languages, try Terminology Forum by Anita Nuopponen.

• Aamenesta öylättiin
  • fi
  • Basic facts of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland.
  • By the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

• Bank- och finansterminologi. Pankki- ja rahoitussanasto
  • en, fi, sv
  • Terms, definitions and explanations on bank and financing concepts including concept diagrams.
  • By Bank- och finanstermgruppen (bank and finance term group) coordinated by the Finnish Terminology Centre.

• Elektroniske ordbøker
  • no
  • Links to many Norwegian electronic glossaries.
  • By Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

• Elementär webbterminologi
  • en, fi, sv
  • Basic web terminology.
  • By Robin Fortelius, publisher the Institute for the Languages of Finland, Department of Swedish.

• Euro Dico Verrier
  • cs, da, de, en, es, fr, it, nl, sv
  • Glass technical terms.
  • By Franck Singler.

• Finnish Government Termbank Valter.
  • da, de, el, en, es, et, fi, fr, it, nl, pt, ru, se, sv
  • Terms from glossaries that the Government Terminology Service of the Finnish Prime Minister's Office has published, such as the Budget Glossary, the Climate and Energy Glossary, the Finnish Government Glossary, the Glossary of Administrative Terms, the Glossary of Legislative Terms and Phrases, the Higher Education Glossary, the Labour Market Glossary, the Local Government Glossary and the Taxation Glossary.

• Finsk-svensk-engelsk ordlista i EU- och EG-terminologi
  • en, fi, sv
  • Glossary of EU and EC terminology.
  • By Sten and Tove Palmgren, publisher the Institute for the Languages of Finland, Department of Swedish.

• Finsk-svensk ordlista i hälso- och sjukvård
  • fi, sv
  • Glossary of health care and medical care.
  • Publisher the Institute for the Languages of Finland, Department of Swedish.

• Finsk-svensk ordlista i hälso- och sjukvård 2
  • fi, sv
  • Glossary of health care and medical care.
  • Publisher the Institute for the Languages of Finland, Department of Swedish.

• IATE — Inter-Active Terminology for Europe
  • bg, cs, da, de, el, en, es, et, fi, fr, ga, hu, it, la, lt, lv, mt, nl, pl, pt, ro, sk, sl, sv
  • Term bank with EU-specific terminology on various fields.
  • By various EU institutions.

• Íðorðabankinn
  • da, de, en, fi, fo, fr, is, kl, no, sv
  • Icelandic term bank.
  • By Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

• Liten Gastronomisk Ordlista — Small Gastronomic Glossary
  • en, fr, sv
  • The glossary contains words and expressions used in the connection of food in France or in restaurants.
  • By BKWine.

• Lääketieteen sanasto.
  • fi
  • Glossary of medicine.
  • Publisher Kustannus Oy Duodecim.

• Matemaattinen sanasto
  • en, fi, sv
  • Glossary of mathematics.
  • By Kalle Mikkola.

• Matematik minimum
  • sv
  • An alphabetical list of the most common definitions and terms in mathematics.
  • By Bruno Kevius.

• NAT — Nordisk arkivterminologi
  • da, en, fi, is, no, sv
  • Archives terms.
  • Publisher the National Archives of Finland.

• Nordic Terminology of Terminology (NORDTERM 13)
  • Login name: NORDTERM
  • Password: NORDTERM
  • da, en, fi, fo, fr, is, kl, no, se, sv
  • Terminological dictionary covering the most essential concepts of the theory of terminology and terminology work.
  • By Nordterm.

• Norsk terminologi i signalbehandling
  • en, no
  • Norwegian terminology of signal processing.
  • By Sverre Holm.

• OneLook Dictionary Search
  • Search service with which it is possible to search in more than 900 on-line glossaries.

• Íðorðabankinn
  • da, de, en, fr, is, no, sv
  • A word bank which gives an overview of the Icelandic terminology and neologisms. The purpose is to prevent the unnecessary use of different terms for one concept.
  • By the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

• Paikannussanasto. Positioneringsordlista. Vocabulary of Positioning.
  • en, fi, sv
  • By a work group of special field experts coordinated by the Finnish Terminology Centre.

• Rikstermbanken.
  • en, sv etc.
  • Sweden's national term bank.
  • By the Institute for Language and Folklore (Isof).

• Saamenmaan linnut / Sámi lottit.
  • en, fi, no, se, sv
  • Names of birds found in Lapland.
  • By Tapio Ryhänen.

• Scouting Dictionary
  • cs, da, de, en, eo, es, et, fi, hr, hu, is, it, nl, no, pl, pt, sl, sv
  • By Sami Kiesiläinen.

• SNORRE Terminology database
  • no (nb & nn), en, de, fr
  • terms from Norwegian, European and international standards and other sources
  • Publisher Standards Norway

• Socialstyrelsens termbank
  • en, sv
  • The term bank contains recommended terminologies, i.e. concepts and terms which the National Board of Health and Welfare or the Board together with the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions have decided to recommend to be used in various special fields.
  • Publisher the National Board of Health and Welfare.

• Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas (SKUD, database for cultivated plants).
  • la, sv
  • Historical and current names of useful plants.
  • The SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre (CBM) has the main responsibility for SKUD.

• Svenska biotermgruppen (Joint Group for Swedish Life Sciences Terminology).
  • en, sv
  • Terms of life sciences, mainly molecular.
  • Network for Swedish terminology within life sciences such as biotechnology, molecular biology and genetics. The network consists of scientists, journalists and terminologists.

• Svenska datatermgruppen (Joint Group for Swedish Computer Terminology).
  • en, sv
  • Network for Swedish IT terms. The group consists of experts from fields such as computer technology, terminology, general language planning, standardization and translation. Coordinated by the Institute for Language and Folklore.

• Svenska Läkaresällskapets språkkommittés databas med språkfrågor.
  • sv
  • Answers to language questions concerning medicine.
  • Publisher the Swedish Society of Medicine.

• Svenska OptikSällskapets ordlista.
  • sv
  • By the Swedish Optical Society.

• Byggtermbanken.
  • da, de, en, fi, fr, no, ru, sv
  • Database for building and real estate terminology.
  • By Terminologicentrum TNC, which closed down in 2018.

• Svensk-finsk förteckning över seriehjältar och sagofigurer
  • fi, sv
  • List of names in fairy tales and comic books.
  • By Marjo and Pekka Kallio. Publisher the Institute for the Languages of Finland, Department of Swedish.

• TEPA Term Bank
  • da, de, en, es, et, fi, fr, is, it, la, nl, no, pt, ru, sv
  • A multilingual term bank containing glossaries of several subject fields
  • Publisher the Finnish Terminology Centre.

• Tietokonegrafiikan sanasto
  • en, fi
  • Glossary of computer graphics.
  • By the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki.

• Tietotekniikan termitalkoot (the joint group for Finnish IT Terminology).
  • en, fi
  • Recommendations for Finnish IT terms.
  • By the Finnish IT group coordinated by the Finnish Terminology Centre.

• Tiivis tietoturvasanasto (TSK 31). Koncis informationssäkerhetsordlista. Compact Vocabulary of Information Security
  • en, fi, sv
  • By a work group of special field experts coordinated by the Finnish Terminology Centre.

• UHR's termbase
  • en, no
  • The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR) has a collection of over a 1000 administrative terms in English and Norwegian. The base is focused on terminology in higher education.
  • UHR in Oslo is responsible for the termbase.

• YourDictionary.com
  • Portal with dictionaries and glossaries.

Printed glossaries

Printed glossaries can be found, for example, via the following web sites:

• Íslensk málstöð, Útgáfurit (Iceland)
• risten.no, Ordboksliste (Norway)
• Sanastokeskus TSK, Julkaisut (Finland)
• Språkrådet, Ordbøker og ordlister (Norway)
• Terminologicentrum TNC, Ordlistor m.m. (Sweden)