Category:Old French terms by usage

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

• Category:Old French archaic terms: Old French terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Old French colloquialisms: Old French terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Old French derogatory terms: Old French terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Old French endearing terms: Old French terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Old French hapax legomena: Old French terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Old French nonstandard terms: Old French terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Old French rare terms: Old French terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
• Category:Old French terms with historical senses: Old French terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Old French terms with rare senses: Old French rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Old French terms with uncommon senses: Old French uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
• Category:Old French vulgarities: Old French terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.