Category:Middle French terms by usage

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

• Category:Middle French derogatory terms: Middle French terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Middle French hapax legomena: Middle French terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Middle French higher register terms: Middle French terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Middle French humorous terms: Middle French terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Middle French offensive terms: Middle French terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Middle French poetic terms: Middle French terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Middle French slang: Middle French colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Middle French terms with historical senses: Middle French terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Middle French terms with rare senses: Middle French rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Middle French terms with uncommon senses: Middle French uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Middle French vulgarities: Middle French terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.