Category:Khmer terms by usage

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

• Category:Khmer colloquialisms: Khmer terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Khmer dated terms: Khmer terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Khmer derogatory terms: Khmer terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Khmer dialectal terms: Khmer terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Khmer formal terms: Khmer terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Khmer higher register terms: Khmer terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Khmer informal terms: Khmer terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Khmer men's speech terms: Khmer terms and forms used in men's speech.
• Category:Khmer nonstandard terms: Khmer terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Khmer offensive terms: Khmer terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Khmer poetic terms: Khmer terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Khmer polite terms: Khmer polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Khmer royal terms: Khmer terms used only by royalty.
• Category:Khmer rustic terms: Khmer terms whose use is typically restricted rural speech.
• Category:Khmer short forms: Khmer terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Khmer slang: Khmer colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Khmer terms with archaic senses: Khmer terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Khmer terms with historical senses: Khmer terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Khmer terms with obsolete senses: Khmer terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Khmer terms with rare senses: Khmer rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Khmer vulgarities: Khmer terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
• Category:Khmer women's speech terms: Khmer terms and forms used in women's speech.