Category:Belarusian terms by usage

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

• Category:Belarusian terms with archaic senses: Belarusian 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:Belarusian censored spellings: Belarusian spellings where some characters have been changed in an effort to reduce the shock value of the original term.
• Category:Belarusian colloquialisms: Belarusian terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Belarusian dated terms: Belarusian terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Belarusian derogatory terms: Belarusian terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Belarusian dialectal terms: Belarusian terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Belarusian endearing terms: Belarusian terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Belarusian familiar terms: Belarusian terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Belarusian gender-neutral terms: Belarusian terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:Belarusian higher register terms: Belarusian terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Belarusian historical terms: Belarusian terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Belarusian humorous terms: Belarusian terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Belarusian informal terms: Belarusian terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Belarusian nonstandard terms: Belarusian terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Belarusian terms with obsolete senses: Belarusian 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:Belarusian obsolete terms: Belarusian terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Belarusian offensive terms: Belarusian terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Belarusian poetic terms: Belarusian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Belarusian proscribed terms: Belarusian terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Belarusian terms with rare senses: Belarusian terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Belarusian short forms: Belarusian terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Belarusian slang: Belarusian colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Belarusian technical terms: Belarusian terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Belarusian terms with historical senses: Belarusian terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Belarusian terms with uncommon senses: Belarusian terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Belarusian vulgarities: Belarusian terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.