terminology

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English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtɜː.məˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌtɜː.məˈnɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

terminology (countable and uncountable, plural terminologies)

1. A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
2. The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms.
3. The scientific study of such terms.

Synonyms

• nomenclature, vocabulary, language, wording, phraseology, jargon, lingo, -ese

Coordinate terms

• glossary

Derived terms

• terminological
• terminologically
• terminologist

Related terms

• argot
• jargon
• terminism
• terminist

Translations

References

Further reading

• “terminology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “terminology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Scots

Etymology

From English terminology.

Noun

terminology (plural terminologies)

1. terminology