terminology

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

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”).

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Synonyms

nomenclature, language

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