Category:Welsh terms by usage

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

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