Category:French terms by usage

French terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:French terms with archaic senses: French terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:French archaic terms: French terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:French autological terms: French terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:French censored spellings: French spellings where some characters have been changed in an effort to reduce the shock value of the original term.
• Category:French childish terms: French terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:French colloquialisms: French terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:French dated terms: French terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:French derogatory terms: French terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:French dialectal terms: French terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:French ecclesiastical terms: French terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:French endearing terms: French terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:French familiar terms: French terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:French formal terms: French terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:French gender-neutral terms: French terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:French higher register terms: French terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:French historical terms: French terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:French humorous terms: French terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:French informal terms: French terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:French nonstandard terms: French terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:French terms with obsolete senses: French terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:French obsolete terms: French terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:French offensive terms: French terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:French officialese terms: French terms that are chiefly used by official sources, and are often bureaucratic-sounding.
• Category:French placeholder terms: French terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
• Category:French poetic terms: French terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:French polite terms: French polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:French proscribed terms: French terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:French terms with rare senses: French terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:French rare terms: French terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:French royal terms: French terms used only by royalty.
• Category:French short forms: French terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:French slang: French colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:French superseded forms: French forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:French technical terms: French terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:French terms with historical senses: French terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:French terms with transferred senses: French terms with transferred senses.
• Category:French trademarks: French terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:French terms with uncommon senses: French terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:French uncommon terms: French terms that are in general use but not common.
• Category:French vulgarities: French terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.