Speak your field: Disciplinary terminology
Level up your academic and career skills ahead of an internship, job, or grad studies with tools to help you master field-specific terminology in French and English.
About the project
This initiative is a collaboration between the Office of the Associate Provost (Rayonnement du français) and Teaching and Academic Programs, with the support of the Office of the Provost and funding from the Entente Canada-Québec. The lexicons were developed with the departments of Anthropology, Educational and Counselling Psychology, Integrated Studies in Education, Kinesiology and Physical Education, Linguistics and Political Science; the Department of Performance at the Schulich School of Music; the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; and the schools of Human Nutrition and Information Studies.
Field-specific Lexicons
Anthropology
Kinship, ethnography, fieldwork and more.
Archaeology
Excavation, stratigraphy, artifacts and more
Dentistry
Pedagogy and discipline-specific education lexicons.
Coming soon!
Educational & Counselling Psychology
Learning, human development, counselling and more.
Feminist Studies
Feminist theory, intersectionality and more.Gender Studies
Gender identity, gender roles and more.Information Studies
Knowledge organization, information retrieval, digital preservation and more.Integrated Studies in Education
Pedagogy and discipline-specific education lexicons.
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports and more.
Linguistics
Coming soon!
Music
Instruments, rhythms, music theory, and more.
Nutrition
Nutrition care, food provision and population health promotion.
Political Science
Canadian politics, international relations, political theory and comparative politics
Coming soon!
Sexuality Studies
Sexual orientation, consent and more..
Questions or comments about the lexicons? Write to us at francais [at] mcgill.ca (francais[at]mcgill[dot]ca).
Practise independently
To support the practical application of this terminology, a series of interactive activities has been developed on SocratesLab. Self-directed and mobile-friendly, these activities include flashcards, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and multiple-choice questions that foster the acquisition of terminology.
Other resources
TERMIUM Plus
This Government of Canada database includes French terms across every field, including definitions, acronyms, and official titles.
Lexicons by theme
These themed vocabulary lists from the OQLF cover fields from the arts to computer science and new technologies.
Professional vocabularies
These profession-specific vocab lists from the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) include accounting, law, engineering, and health care terms.
DataFranca
This site includes 5 cutting-edge lexicons: artificial intelligence, photonics, quantum science, statistics, and cybersecurity.
Management Terminology
A bilingual glossary from McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management alongside French business and management resources.
Lexicons by theme
Thousands of specialized terms from aerospace, environmental, and systems engineering to biology, management, computer science, and cognitive science.