Category:Basque terms by usage

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

• Category:Basque archaic terms: Basque terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Basque childish terms: Basque terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Basque colloquialisms: Basque terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Basque dated terms: Basque terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Basque derogatory terms: Basque terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Basque dialectal terms: Basque terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Basque endearing terms: Basque terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Basque familiar terms: Basque terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Basque formal terms: Basque terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Basque higher register terms: Basque terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Basque humorous terms: Basque terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Basque informal terms: Basque terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Basque nonstandard terms: Basque terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Basque offensive terms: Basque terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Basque proscribed terms: Basque terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Basque short forms: Basque terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Basque slang: Basque colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Basque terms with archaic senses: Basque terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Basque terms with historical senses: Basque terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Basque terms with obsolete senses: Basque terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Basque terms with rare senses: Basque rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Basque vulgarities: Basque terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.