Terminology, in its general sense, simply refers to the usage and study of terms, that is to say words and compound words generally used in specific contexts.
Terminology also refers to a more formal discipline which systematically studies of the labelling or designating of concepts particular to one or more subject fields or domains of human activity, through research and analysis of terms in context, for the purpose of documenting and promoting correct usage. This study can be limited to one language or can cover more than one language at the same time (multilingual terminology, bilingual terminology, and so forth).

AGARD Aeronautical Dictionary - By the NATO Research and Technology Organisation (RTO), Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD), 1980. Over 17,000 terms. Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.
Agrothesaurus - Typology of flora and fauna by animal class and by botanical family, crop group or plant type. Latin, Slovenian, English.
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Air Force Dictionaries - Military and airforce dictionaries in English, Croatian, French, German and Spanish.
Annex 31 Glossary - English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese. By the Annex 31 working group of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Energy-related environmental impact of buildings. Architecture, engineering. About 250 entries.
Anvilfire Blacksmithing and Metalworking Terms - Single-page document by Jock Dempsey, and volunteer contributors. English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish.
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Apple Mac OS International Glossaries - Localized terms and phrases. English to/from Arabic, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Kanji, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian. Formats: FileMaker, ClarisWorks, text, AppleGlot Language Glossaries.
Apple Mac OS X Glossaries - Localized terms and phrases. English to/from Portuguese, Chinese, German, Danish, Spanish, French, Norwegian, Japanese, Finnish, Korean, Dutch, Swedish, Italian. Downloadable OS X drive image files, compressed in MacBinary files (.dmg.bin).
Art and Restoration Glossary Operating System (ARGOS) - Italian, English, French, Spanish, German. Artisan craftsmanship, antiques; painting, pigments, wood work, tools. By the Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro Palazzo Spinelli of Florence, Italy.
Axone/Tradition Financial Terminology Database - Investment, stock exchange. English, German, French, Italian.
Bitty Gastronomic Glossary - Food-market terminology. In French, Swedish, English.
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Bosch Encyclopedia of Technical Terms - English, German, French, Spanish. Types, features, components, and internal workings of power tools. Electrotechnology, mechanical engineering.
Business and Finance Multilingual Dictionary - By Igor Sharshakov, financial translator and lexicologist. Office practice, stock market, accounting. English, French, German, Russian. Sample of 22 pages, 1998. Full version sold as an e-book.
CIMAC Lexicon - By the International Council on Combustion Engines. English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German. Engineering, diesel motors, and gas turbines.
Civic Commitment Glossary - French, German, English. By the Franco-German Youth Office, about 400 terms. Involvement in the community, politics, false friends.
CODED: Eurostat Concepts and Definitions Database - English, French, German. Economy and finance; population and social conditions; industry, trade and services; agriculture and fisheries; transport; environment; energy; science and technology; statistics.
Cold Rollers Lexicon - English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. By the CIELFFA (Comité International d'Étude du Laminage à Froid du Feuillard d'Acier), which is a European group of national associations of cold rolled narrow steel strip producers. Metal processing industry. 15 pages, 2001. [XLS]
Color Names - With pictorial representations. English, Czech, Hungarian, French, German, and Spanish.
Country Names - Parallel documents on Foreignword with translation pop-ups. English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Danish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Arabic, and Japanese. Popular (non-official) name and ISO code of 240 countries, with links to encyclopaedic information.
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Culibase - By Menutext, a translation agency specialized in restauration and the culinary arts. Over 30,000 entries. Ingredients, dishes, cooking and baking utensils, appliances, and procedures. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch.
Dictionaries of Common Computing Terms - English, French, German, Spanish. Published by David Nye, information technology specialist at the Queen Mary, University of London.
Dictionary of Applied Geology - By Merkel et al. Freiberg Online Geosciences, volume 4. English, French, German, Spanish. 229 pages, 2001.
Dictionary of Livestock Management - By Big Dutchman International. Over 1,000 entries in German, English, Spanish, French, and Russian. Animal husbandry, ecology, agricultural science and technology.
Dictionary of Swiss Terms - On the political and social system of Switzerland, with definitions and translations from German into English, Italian, and French. By Tanya Harvey Ciampi, translator and terminologist.
Dinoclay: Multilingual Dictionary of Pottery Words - By Robert J. Wilt, et al. Equipment, materials, firing, glazes, chemistry, attributes, pots. English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Esperanto, German, Thai.
EBU Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Broadcasting and Telecommunications (t3275) - By the European Broadcasting Union, 1994, 75 pages. English, French, German.
EBU Multilingual Glossary: Terms and Phrases Used in Broadcast Coverage of International Sports Events and Olympic Games (t3274-2) - By the European Broadcasting Union, 1994, 134 pages. Organizations and partners, venues and facilities, operations and procedures, disciplines. English, French, German, Russian.
EBU Multilingual Glossary: Terms and Phrases Used in Digital Applications in Broadcasting (t3274-3) - By the European Broadcasting Union, 1998, 211 pages. Techniques and operations, systems and services, audio and video equipment, networks, computer technology. English, French, German, Russian.
EBU Multilingual Glossary: Terms and Phrases Used in Eurovision Operations (t3274-1) - By the European Broadcasting Union, 1998, 170 pages. Network infrastructure, transmission and programme types, quality control, faults and failures. English, French, German, Russian.
EMIRE: European Employment and Industrial Relations Glossaries - Domestic terminology of EU member states. With definitions and translations into English. Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish.
Equine Multilingual Dictionary - Horse-related terminology in French, English, German, Spanish, and Latin.
Euro Terminology - By the European Commission's Translation Service. Banking, economics, monetary system, single currency. Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish.
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EuroDicAutom - Term bank of the European Commission's Translation Service. 5.5 million entries in 48 subject fields. Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish.
EuroDico: Glass Technical Terms Translator - Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish. By the European Centre for Research and Training in Glass Making (CERFAV), France.
Eurofer Steel Dictionary - By the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries. Steelmaking, finished products, components, and business aspects. German, English, Spanish, French, Italian.
Meta Description: [ The steel industry of the European Union: geography, statistics, position papers and reports, Eurofer members...and more. ]
European Environment Agency Glossary - Over a thousand entries, with definitions and translations. Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish.
Euskalterm - Basque public term bank, with global and thematic search capability. Equivalents in Spanish, French, English, and Latin.
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Filtration Dictionary - By the Sefar Group, which manufactures filters for applications from industrial process to blood filtration. Precision woven fabrics, ready-made filter cloths. Types and features, manufacturing equipment and techniques. Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Five-Language Dictionary of Food, Cuisine and Herbs - By André Fairchild, translator and terminologist. Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish. [XLS]
Food Dictionary - English, Czech, Slovak. Graphics-dependent.
Food Lexicon - English, French, German, Danish, Spanish, Dutch.
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Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Glossary - Terminology Bulletin 257 - Politics, economics, law. Titles of conferences, committees, programs, and organizations. Translation Bureau of Canada, 2004, 2329 pages. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese.
Gastronomical Dictionary - On ToDine.net, international restaurant guide. Italian, English, French, Spanish, German. Hors d'oeuvre, soups, pastas, vegetables, meats, fish, sauces, eggs, cheese, sweets, fruit, sauces, herbs and spices, beverages, additional ingredients.
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Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages - With pictures. Botanical family, geographic origin, etymology, chemical constituents, usage. Latin, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujrati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Khmer, Laotian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Singhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Urdu.
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Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results-Based Management - Economic development activities, international bodies. English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese. PDFs by the OECD's DAC Network on Development Evaluation, 2002. 13 to 40 pages.
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Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names - By the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN), 2002, 268 pages. English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic.
Glossary of Terms Used in Competition-Related Matters - By the European Commission, 2003. English, French, Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish. International trade, business management, economics, law.
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Guide to Futures and Options Market Terminology - Parallel documents by the Center Online, also in print. Translations from German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese into English. Economics and finance.
IFA Glossary of Soil Fertility - Multiple-page document by the International Fertilizer Industry Association. English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese. Agriculture, chemistry.
Illustrated Glossary of Media, Printing and Advertising Terms - By Tanya Harvey Ciampi, translator and terminologist. German, English, Italian, and French, with definitions.
IMF Terminology Database - By the International Monetary Fund, 2000. 4,500 entries in English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Money and banking, public finance, balance of payments, and economic growth.
International Electrotechnical Vocabulary Online Database - English, French, German, Spanish.
LOGOS Dictionary - With pictures, sound files, definitions, subject markers, grammatical information, and over a hundred tongues.
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Marine Research Institute of Iceland - Find the names of various fishes in Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English, Faroese, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Microsoft Glossaries - Terms and phrases used in MS software. Updated as new products are launched. English to/from Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Monitoring and Verification Terminology Guide for the Garments and Sportswear Industries - Five parallel PDFs by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Amsterdam, 2003. 17 to 29 pages. Business management, European codes of labour practice, law. Translations from French, Spanish, Macedonian, and German into English.
Multilingual Commerce and Business Glossary - Module of the French as a foreign language course Pour Parler Affaires. With definitions in French and translations into English, German, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, and Spanish.
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Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms - Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Multilingual Philatelic Vocabulary of Terms - German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese. For stamp collectors.
Multilingual Theater Glossary - Created within Moliere, a European research project for the vocational training of light and sound technicians. English, French, German, Italian. 14 pages. [DOC]
Multilingual Toponymic and Anthroponymic Glossary - English form of foreign people and place names with their equivalents in the corresponding local language, both in original script and in transliteration.
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Mutilingual Dictionary of Stock Exchange and Investment Terms - By Igor Sharshakov, financial translator and lexicologist. English to French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Sample of 7 pages covers the letter A. Full version sold as an e-book.
NATO-Russia Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms, 1st edition - Brussels-Moscow, 2001. Mutual relations, cooperation and security. Over 1,100 entries in English, French, and Russian.
Nomenclature of Bovine Meat Cuts and Joints - For butchery professionals, by Interviandes, with illustrations. French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
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NVF53 Road Transport Informatics Terminology Dictionary - PDFs by the Nordic Road Association (NVF - Nordisk Vegteknisk Forbund), Technical Committee 53. Information technology, telematics, transit network, and traffic management. English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Olympic Games Official Lexicons - English, French, Japanese, Greek. Multilingual browse and search options. By the French INSEP (National Institute of Sport and Physical Education), Olympic committees, and other organizations. 46 winter and summer sports.
Panlatin Electronic Commerce Glossary - By Realiter (the Panlatin Terminology Network), 2003, 435 pages. E-transactions, marketing, security, cryptography, communications, customer and business products and services, consumer protection, and information technologies. English, Catalan, Spanish, French, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian.
Panlatin Internet Glossary - By Realiter (the Panlatin Terminology Network), 2001, 479 pages. Information technology, Web design, electronic commerce. English, French, Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian.
Printing Dictionary - By the Sefar Group, which manufactures precision mesh for screen printing. Materials, manufacturing equipment, and techniques. Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Sample Database of the IEC's International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Standardized terminology and definitions by the International Electrotechnical Commission. Approximately 20,000 terms. English, French, German, Spanish.
SCADPlus Glossary - European Union integration, institutions, activities, policies, and political procedures. Entry-to-entry toggling between parallel versions in Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish, and Swedish.
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SIRCHAL Glossary - By the SIRCHAL Network for the revitalization of Latin American and Caribbean historic centres, within the framework of the France-UNESCO Convention. Cultural heritage, urban planning, architecture. French, English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Suggested Terminology for XIV INCOSAI - By the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), for its 14th congress. Macroeconomics, public administration, accounting, finance. English, French, German, Spanish.
Technical Dictionary of European Mortars - By the European Mortar Industry Organisation (EMO), 2000, 49 pages. English, French, German, Spanish. Typology and composition, working properties, final characteristics. Standard terms and definitions in the fields of concrete works and construction.
Terminological Information System (TIS) - By the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, for its terminologists and translators. Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish.
Terminology of Man-Made Fibres - By the International Bureau for the Standardisation of Man-Made Fibres (BISFA), 2000, 84 pages. Classification, morphological schemes, yarn and open cord constructions. English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish.
Terminology on Combined Transport - English, French, German, Russian. Road, rail, and waterways. Also in print. By the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE), the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT), and the European Commission (EC), 2001, 71 pages.
Textile Sector Dictionary - Spanish, English, French, German. Types of fabrics, industrial processes, machinery, chemical products, marketing. Database administered by BemarNet Trade Fair.
The Sushi Encyclopedism's Glossary - Japanese into English, French, and German. Food terms organized by category: fish, shellfish, eggs, seasonings, drinks, chemical components, and other various expressions.
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Thematic Glossaries - By Lipsie Languages, translation provider. English, French, Italian, German, Spanish. Computers, e-commerce, Internet, telecommunications, multimedia, engineering.
Trilingual Cycling Glossary - Terminology Bulletin 253 - English, French, Spanish. Olympic and non-Olympic competitions, disciplines of this sport, bicycle parts, cyclist actions and strategies. Also in print. Translation Bureau of Canada, 2003, 92 pages.
Trilingual Internet Glossary - By the Translation Bureau of Canada. Computing, telecommunications, networks, information technology, electronic commerce. English, French, Spanish.
Turkish Railway Technical Dictionary - Created for recreational purposes by the readers of TrainsofTurkey.com and members of Turk-rail groups, 5 pages. Engineering, steam engines, electric and diesel engines, rolling stock, track and buildings, signaling, and train operations. English, Turkish, French, and German. [DOC]
UBS Dictionary of Banking - Finance, asset management, securities. English, German, French, Italian.
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United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database (UNTERM) - English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese. 70,000 entries.
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Viniculture Vocabulary - By the Assembly of Wine Producing European Regions (AREV). English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese.
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WebTerm: Collection of Terminology Databases - Based on degree theses written at the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany. Agriculture and food, art, business, computer and Internet, environment, humanities and social sciences, information and communication, law, medicine and pharmacy, natural sciences, sports and leisure, technics and industry. German, English, French, Spanish.
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Wind Energy Glossary - By the Danish Wind Industry Association. Aerogenerator science and technology. English, German, Spanish, French, Danish.
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