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.

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

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

• Electropedia
  • ar, en, fr, zh, hr, cs, da, nl, fi, de, it, ja, ko, mn, no (nb & nn), pl, pt, ru, sr, sk, sl, es, sv, tr, uk
  • An online terminology database on electrotechnology by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

• 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, including e.g. 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.

• Försäkringskassans termbank
  • ar, de, fi, fr, en, es, it, pl, sv

• 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.

• 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.

• ordbøkene.no
  • no (nb & nn)
  • Bokmål dictionary and Nynorsk dictionary by the Language Council of Norway and the University of Bergen.

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

• Sámi Giellagáldu's term wiki.

• sátni.org
  • en, fi, la, no, se, sma, smj, smn, sms, sv
  • By Pekka Sammallahti.

• 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.

• Sote-sanastot
  • fi, en, sv
  • Glossaries of information management in healthcare and social welfare.

• Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • sv
  • A historical dictionary by Svenska Akademien.

• 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.

• 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.

• Svensk-finska ordlistor
  • fi, sv
  • Glossaries from different fields by the Institute for Language and Folklore (Isof).

• 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.

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

• 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.

• Termbase til støtte for nordisk mobilitet
  • da, fi, is, no, sv
  • Terminology data base for mobility between the Nordic countries that contains concepts related to education, training, and labour market.

• TermCoord Glossary Links
  • Glossary search tool by the Terminology Coordination Unit of the European Parliament. The database covers more than 2,000 glossaries.

• Terminologies tool on the Interoperability Platform
  • Glossaries of the Finnish public administration.

• Termportalen
  • ar, da, de, en, es, fi, fr, it, la, no, pl, ru, so, sv, ti
  • A multilingual term bank containing terminology from several subject fields.
  • By the University of Bergen.

• YourDictionary.com
  • Portal with dictionaries and glossaries.

Printed glossaries

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

• Sanastokeskus ry, Glossaries (Finland)
• Språkrådet, Publikasjoner (Norway)
• Terminologifrämjandet, Publikationer (Sweden)