Category:Maltese terms by usage
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Maltese terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.
- Category:Maltese archaic terms: Maltese terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Maltese childish terms: Maltese terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
- Category:Maltese colloquialisms: Maltese terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
- Category:Maltese dated terms: Maltese terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
- Category:Maltese derogatory terms: Maltese terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
- Category:Maltese dialectal terms: Maltese terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
- Category:Maltese ecclesiastical terms: Maltese terms used only by religious figures.
- Category:Maltese formal terms: Maltese terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
- Category:Maltese higher register terms: Maltese terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
- Category:Maltese historical terms: Maltese terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
- Category:Maltese humorous terms: Maltese terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
- Category:Maltese informal terms: Maltese terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
- Category:Maltese nonstandard terms: Maltese terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
- Category:Maltese obsolete terms: Maltese terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Maltese offensive terms: Maltese terms that are typically considered to offend people.
- Category:Maltese officialese terms: Maltese terms that are chiefly used by official sources, and are often bureaucratic-sounding.
- Category:Maltese polite terms: Maltese polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
- Category:Maltese proscribed terms: Maltese terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
- Category:Maltese puristic terms: Maltese terms adopted for linguistic purism.
- Category:Maltese rare terms: Maltese terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
- Category:Maltese short forms: Maltese terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
- Category:Maltese slang: Maltese colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
- Category:Maltese superseded forms: Maltese forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
- Category:Maltese terms with archaic senses: Maltese terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Maltese terms with historical senses: Maltese terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
- Category:Maltese terms with obsolete senses: Maltese terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Maltese terms with rare senses: Maltese rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
- Category:Maltese vulgarities: Maltese terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
Subcategories
This category has the following 28 subcategories, out of 28 total.
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C
- Maltese childish terms (0 c, 9 e)
- Maltese colloquialisms (0 c, 17 e)
D
- Maltese derogatory terms (0 c, 6 e)
- Maltese dialectal terms (0 c, 9 e)
E
- Maltese ecclesiastical terms (0 c, 3 e)
F
- Maltese formal terms (0 c, 2 e)
H
- Maltese historical terms (0 c, 3 e)
- Maltese humorous terms (0 c, 12 e)
I
N
O
- Maltese obsolete terms (0 c, 52 e)
- Maltese offensive terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Maltese officialese terms (0 c, 2 e)
P
- Maltese polite terms (0 c, 1 e)
- Maltese proscribed terms (0 c, 2 e)
- Maltese puristic terms (0 c, 6 e)
R
- Maltese rare terms (0 c, 2 e)
S
- Maltese short forms (0 c, 1 e)
- Maltese superseded forms (0 c, 7 e)
T
- Maltese terms with archaic senses (0 c, 56 e)
- Maltese terms with historical senses (0 c, 33 e)
- Maltese terms with rare senses (0 c, 41 e)
V
- Maltese vulgarities (0 c, 26 e)