Category:Breton terms by usage

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

• Category:Breton terms with archaic senses: Breton 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:Breton dated terms: Breton terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Breton derogatory terms: Breton terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Breton dialectal terms: Breton terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Breton higher register terms: Breton terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Breton humorous terms: Breton terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Breton informal terms: Breton terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Breton terms with obsolete senses: Breton 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:Breton obsolete terms: Breton terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Breton poetic terms: Breton terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Breton terms with rare senses: Breton terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Breton terms with historical senses: Breton terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Breton vulgarities: Breton terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.