Category:Irish terms by usage
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Irish terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.
- Category:Irish archaic terms: Irish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Irish childish terms: Irish terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
- Category:Irish colloquialisms: Irish terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
- Category:Irish dated terms: Irish terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
- Category:Irish derogatory terms: Irish terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
- Category:Irish dialectal terms: Irish terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
- Category:Irish ecclesiastical terms: Irish terms used only by religious figures.
- Category:Irish endearing terms: Irish terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
- Category:Irish familiar terms: Irish terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
- Category:Irish formal terms: Irish terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
- Category:Irish higher register terms: Irish terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
- Category:Irish historical terms: Irish terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
- Category:Irish humorous terms: Irish terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
- Category:Irish informal terms: Irish terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
- Category:Irish nonstandard terms: Irish terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
- Category:Irish obsolete terms: Irish terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Irish offensive terms: Irish terms that are typically considered to offend people.
- Category:Irish poetic terms: Irish terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
- Category:Irish rare terms: Irish terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
- Category:Irish short forms: Irish terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
- Category:Irish slang: Irish colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
- Category:Irish superseded forms: Irish forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
- Category:Irish technical terms: Irish terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
- Category:Irish terms with archaic senses: Irish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Irish terms with historical senses: Irish terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
- Category:Irish terms with obsolete senses: Irish terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Irish terms with rare senses: Irish rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
- Category:Irish terms with uncertain meaning: Irish terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.
- Category:Irish terms with uncommon senses: Irish uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
- Category:Irish vulgarities: Irish terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
Subcategories
This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.
A
C
- Irish childish terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Irish colloquialisms (0 c, 18 e)
D
- Irish derogatory terms (0 c, 34 e)
- Irish dialectal terms (0 c, 211 e)
E
- Irish ecclesiastical terms (0 c, 16 e)
- Irish endearing terms (0 c, 4 e)
F
- Irish familiar terms (0 c, 18 e)
- Irish formal terms (0 c, 1 e)
H
- Irish historical terms (0 c, 4 e)
- Irish humorous terms (0 c, 1 e)
I
N
O
- Irish obsolete terms (0 c, 24 e)
- Irish offensive terms (0 c, 8 e)
P
- Irish poetic terms (0 c, 8 e)
R
- Irish rare terms (0 c, 13 e)
S
- Irish short forms (0 c, 1 e)
- Irish superseded forms (0 c, 331 e)
T
- Irish technical terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Irish terms with archaic senses (0 c, 735 e)
- Irish terms with historical senses (0 c, 90 e)
- Irish terms with rare senses (0 c, 14 e)
- Irish terms with uncertain meaning (0 c, 1 e)
- Irish terms with uncommon senses (0 c, 4 e)
V
- Irish vulgarities (0 c, 11 e)