An Coiste Téarmaíochta

An Coiste Téarmaíochta
Formation1968 (1968)
Official language
Irish
Chair
Fidelma Ní Ghallchobhair
Vice-Chair
Donla uí Bhraonáin
Parent organization
Foras na Gaeilge
Téarma
Type of site
Lexical database for terminology
Founded2004
Owner
URLtearma.ie
Current statusActive

An Coiste Téarmaíochta is the Terminology Committee of Foras na Gaeilge. It chooses terminology for words and new concepts in the Irish language. It was founded in 1968 and was initially a state-body, being a division of the Department of Education. Under the Good Friday Agreement, Foras na Gaeilge was founded in 1999 and was charged with the development of new terminology in Irish. An Coiste Téarmaíochta has been operating as part of the Foras since then.

Their work can be found on Téarma.ie, a lexical database for Irish terminology formed in 2004 in a partnership between An Coiste Téarmaíochta and the Glaois research group.