Category:Esperanto terms by usage

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

• Category:Esperanto archaic terms: Esperanto terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Esperanto autological terms: Esperanto terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Esperanto colloquialisms: Esperanto terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Esperanto dated terms: Esperanto terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Esperanto derogatory terms: Esperanto terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Esperanto ecclesiastical terms: Esperanto terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Esperanto endearing terms: Esperanto terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Esperanto familiar terms: Esperanto terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Esperanto formal terms: Esperanto terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Esperanto gender-neutral terms: Esperanto terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:Esperanto higher register terms: Esperanto terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Esperanto humorous terms: Esperanto terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Esperanto informal terms: Esperanto terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Esperanto nonstandard terms: Esperanto terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Esperanto offensive terms: Esperanto terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Esperanto placeholder terms: Esperanto terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
• Category:Esperanto poetic terms: Esperanto terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Esperanto proscribed terms: Esperanto terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Esperanto slang: Esperanto colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Esperanto technical terms: Esperanto terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Esperanto terms with archaic senses: Esperanto terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Esperanto terms with historical senses: Esperanto terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Esperanto terms with obsolete senses: Esperanto terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Esperanto terms with rare senses: Esperanto rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Esperanto terms with uncommon senses: Esperanto uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Esperanto vulgarities: Esperanto terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.