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Terminology resources

This page offers a selection of terminology resources, chosen by applying the following criteria:

  • multilingualism (resource focused on EU languages)
  • intuitiveness (the facility of finding multilingual equivalents)
  • reliability (resource provided by an official institution or organisation).

 

Multi-subject

Tool Description
EUROSTAT

various thematic glossaries

EuroTermBank

European terminology network's termbase

EuroVoc

catalogue of EU vocabularies

IATE

official EU terminology

Leipzig corpora collection

monolingual corpora collection created by Leipzig University

LOTERRE

linked open terminology resources

TermiumPlus

Canadian terminology database

UNESCO Thesaurus

various thematic thesauri

UNTERM

UN thematic termbases

 

Agriculture and fisheries

Tool Description
AGROVOC thesaurus

agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food thesaurus

EFSA glossary

food safety glossary

FAO Term

UN Food and Agriculture Organization termbase

FishBase

fish species termbase

Fish commercial names

European Commission commercial designations database

Fishing gears

European Commission fishing gears database

IOC glossary

olive oil glossary

SeaLifeBase

marine species database

VDZ sugar glossary

German Association of Sugar Technologies glossary

 

Environment and climate

Tool Description

Avibase

world bird database

EcoLexicon

online visual environmental thesaurus

EUNIS database

online biodiversity database

GEMET thesaurus

online environmental thesaurus

IPCC glossaries

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change glossaries

LEO ontology

environmental agreements glossary

 

Financial

Tool Description
ECB glossary

European Central Bank glossary

IMF termbase

International Monetary Fund termbase

 

Legal

Tool Description
CURIA

EU case law database

e-Justice

European judicial network database

EUR-Lex

EU law database

Eurojust

case law database

IPEX

EU law and national parliaments database

Juremy

EU legal terminology search

 

Trade and customs

Tool Description
TARIC-Tariffs

EU customs database

WIPO termbase

World Intellectual Property Organization termbase

WTO glossary

World Trade Organization glossary

 

Transport

Tool Description
PIARC glossary

World Road Association glossary

 

Other technical

Tool Description

ECHA termbase

European Chemical Agency termbase

ENISA glossary

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity glossary

IEC glossary

International Electrotechnical Commission glossary

INIS glossary

International Nuclear Information System thesaurus

 

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