Category:Romanian terms by usage

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

• Category:Romanian terms with archaic senses: Romanian 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:Romanian archaic terms: Romanian terms 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:Romanian childish terms: Romanian terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Romanian colloquialisms: Romanian terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Romanian dated terms: Romanian terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Romanian derogatory terms: Romanian terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Romanian dialectal terms: Romanian terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Romanian familiar terms: Romanian terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Romanian folk poetic terms: Romanian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of oral or folk poetry.
• Category:Romanian formal terms: Romanian terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Romanian higher register terms: Romanian terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Romanian historical terms: Romanian terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Romanian humorous terms: Romanian terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Romanian informal terms: Romanian terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Romanian nonstandard terms: Romanian terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Romanian terms with obsolete senses: Romanian 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:Romanian obsolete terms: Romanian terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Romanian offensive terms: Romanian terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Romanian poetic terms: Romanian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Romanian polite terms: Romanian polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Romanian proscribed terms: Romanian terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Romanian terms with rare senses: Romanian terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Romanian rare terms: Romanian terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Romanian short forms: Romanian terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Romanian slang: Romanian colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Romanian superseded forms: Romanian forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Romanian technical terms: Romanian terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Romanian terms with historical senses: Romanian terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Romanian terms with uncertain meaning: Romanian terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.
• Category:Romanian trademarks: Romanian terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Romanian terms with uncommon senses: Romanian terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Romanian uncommon terms: Romanian terms that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Romanian vulgarities: Romanian terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.