Category:Estonian terms by usage
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Estonian terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.
- Category:Estonian childish terms: Estonian terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
- Category:Estonian colloquialisms: Estonian terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
- Category:Estonian dated terms: Estonian terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
- Category:Estonian derogatory terms: Estonian terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
- Category:Estonian dialectal terms: Estonian terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
- Category:Estonian folk poetic terms: Estonian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of oral or folk poetry.
- Category:Estonian formal terms: Estonian terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
- Category:Estonian higher register terms: Estonian terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
- Category:Estonian honorific terms: Estonian honorific terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
- Category:Estonian humorous terms: Estonian terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
- Category:Estonian informal terms: Estonian terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
- Category:Estonian nonstandard terms: Estonian terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
- Category:Estonian offensive terms: Estonian terms that are typically considered to offend people.
- Category:Estonian poetic terms: Estonian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
- Category:Estonian polite terms: Estonian polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
- Category:Estonian proscribed terms: Estonian terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
- Category:Estonian rare terms: Estonian terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
- Category:Estonian short forms: Estonian terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
- Category:Estonian slang: Estonian colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
- Category:Estonian technical terms: Estonian terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
- Category:Estonian terms with archaic senses: Estonian terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Estonian terms with historical senses: Estonian terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
- Category:Estonian terms with obsolete senses: Estonian terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Estonian terms with rare senses: Estonian rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
- Category:Estonian terms with uncommon senses: Estonian uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
- Category:Estonian vulgarities: Estonian terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
Subcategories
This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.
C
- Estonian childish terms (0 c, 5 e)
- Estonian colloquialisms (0 c, 165 e)
D
- Estonian dated terms (0 c, 43 e)
- Estonian derogatory terms (0 c, 18 e)
- Estonian dialectal terms (0 c, 27 e)
F
- Estonian folk poetic terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Estonian formal terms (0 c, 2 e)
H
- Estonian honorific terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Estonian humorous terms (0 c, 4 e)
I
N
O
P
- Estonian polite terms (0 c, 2 e)
- Estonian proscribed terms (0 c, 2 e)
R
- Estonian rare terms (0 c, 1 e)
S
- Estonian short forms (0 c, 2 e)
T
- Estonian technical terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Estonian terms with archaic senses (0 c, 13 e)
- Estonian terms with historical senses (0 c, 24 e)
- Estonian terms with rare senses (0 c, 41 e)
- Estonian terms with uncommon senses (0 c, 39 e)