Most of the terminology work carried out by the Finnish Terminology Centre results in glossaries. The platform of publication of these glossaries varies: many of the glossaries are published on our web pages in PDF format or in our TEPA Term Bank. Some of them can also be found on other platforms, such as the Terminologies tool developed for the Finnish public administration or the Sote-sanastot online service offered by the Finnish institute for health and welfare.
Our glossaries consist of term records (terminological entries) and concept diagrams. Concept diagrams are used to visualise relations between concepts and to illustrate the underlying concept systems on which the definitions of the concepts are based.
In addition to glossaries, the Terminology Centre has published guides and handbooks on the principles and methods of terminology work and the tools used in terminology work.
Guide to Terminology (1st edition 1997, 2nd edition 2001) is a unique work which provides a concise introduction to practical terminology work. The guide is written by Heidi Suonuuti, a former director of the Finnish Terminology Centre.
The Finnish Terminology Centre also publishes twice a year an online magazine called Terminfo that specializes in terminological issues. Most of the articles of Terminfo are in Finnish, but there are many issues which also include articles in English or Swedish. More information can be found on the Terminfo website.
A comprehensive list of the glossaries of the Terminology Centre is available on our Finnish web pages.
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated April 2025
- Glossary of Continuous Learning
- Glossary of Integration, second edition
- Glossary on employment services
- Kela’s Terminological Glossary – Concepts Related to Benefits and Tasks, version 6.3
- Bank and Finance Terminology
- Glossary of continuous learning (draft 30 October 2024)
- Glossary of Transport Infrastructure
- Glossary of Environmental Protection
- Glossary of technical networks
- Glossary of Geospatial Information in Statistics
- Kela’s Terminological Glossary – Concepts Related to Benefits and Tasks, version 6.2
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated June 2024
- Glossary of Education, third edition
- Glossary of continuous learning (draft 28 November 2023)
- Glossary of Cultural Environment
- Terminology of Built Environment updated and expanded
- Glossary of Digital Services in Healthcare and Social Welfare
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated November 2023
- Glossary on green areas
- Concepts on security of electricity production and supply
- Terminology of vocational education and training
- Glossary of Internal Security, June 2023
- Kela’s Terminological Glossary – Benefit-related Concepts, version 6.1
- Glossary of Discretionary Government Grant Terms, Extended Second Edition
- Tekla Structures glossary, 2023
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated March 2023
- Glossary of Adapted Physical Activity and Parasports
- Glossary of Acoustics and Noise Abatement
- Glossary of Housing
- Glossary of Personal Budgeting
- Tekla Structures glossary, 2022
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated 2022
- Renovation and restoration terms for Korjaustaito.fi
- Key Concepts of the Health and Social Services Reform
- Glossary of Integration, first edition
- Glossary on planning and construction of transport infrastructures
- Glossary of Address Information System (TSK 56)
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated 2021
- Glossary of Discretionary Government Grant Terms
- Glossary of Education, second edition
- Kela’s Terminological Glossary – Benefit-related Concepts, 6th edition (TSK 55)
- Glossary of Information Management in Social Sector, updated 2020
- The Terminology of Disqualification
- Tekla Structures glossary, 2020
- The Terminology of Built Environment
- Tax Terminology, version 2.0
- Concepts of equality in health and social services, version 2.0
- A terminology covering services that are mutual for social affairs and health and economic affairs
- Concepts on protection of the built heritage
- Taxation terminology, version 1.0
- Tekla Structures glossary, 2019
- Vocabulary of Information Management in Social Sector, version 5.0
- Statistical concepts on energy and releases
- Finnish Patent and Registration Office Terminology (TSK 54)
- Statistical concepts on work
- Concepts of equality in health and social services, version 1.0
- The Terminological Vocabulary of Kela – Benefit-related Concepts, 5th edition (TSK 53)
- Vocabulary of Cyber Security (TSK 52)
- Vocabulary of Geoinformatics, 4th edition (TSK 51)
- Tekla Structures glossary, 2018
- Vocabulary of Education, 1st edition
- Vocabulary of Information Management in Social Sector, version 4.0
- Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security (TSK 50)
- Concepts of Local Detailed Planning
- Terminology Data Base for Mobility Between the Nordic Countries
- The Terminological Vocabulary of Kela – Benefit-related Concepts, 4th edition (TSK 49)
- Vocabulary of Information Management in Social Sector, version 3.0
- Essential Vocabulary of Real Estate and Construction Sector
- Vocabulary of Information Management in Social Sector, version 2.0
- Vocabulary of Gerontechnology
- Mobile Vocabulary (TSK 48)
- Vocabulary of Information Management in Social Sector, version 1.0
- Vocabulary of Social Welfare Aggregate Core Components, version 3.0
- Vocabulary of Comprehensive Security (TSK 47)