Category:Maltese terms by usage

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

• Category:Maltese terms with archaic senses: Maltese 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:Maltese archaic terms: Maltese 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:Maltese childish terms: Maltese terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Maltese colloquialisms: Maltese terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Maltese dated terms: Maltese terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Maltese derogatory terms: Maltese terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Maltese dialectal terms: Maltese terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Maltese ecclesiastical terms: Maltese terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Maltese formal terms: Maltese terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Maltese higher register terms: Maltese terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Maltese historical terms: Maltese terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Maltese humorous terms: Maltese terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Maltese informal terms: Maltese terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Maltese nonstandard terms: Maltese terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Maltese terms with obsolete senses: Maltese 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:Maltese obsolete terms: Maltese terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Maltese offensive terms: Maltese terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Maltese officialese terms: Maltese terms that are chiefly used by official sources, and are often bureaucratic-sounding.
• Category:Maltese polite terms: Maltese polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Maltese proscribed terms: Maltese terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Maltese puristic terms: Maltese terms adopted for linguistic purism.
• Category:Maltese terms with rare senses: Maltese terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Maltese rare terms: Maltese terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Maltese short forms: Maltese terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Maltese slang: Maltese colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Maltese superseded forms: Maltese forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Maltese terms with historical senses: Maltese terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Maltese terms with uncommon senses: Maltese terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Maltese vulgarities: Maltese terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.