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potty-trained

potty-trained

15 3.0
Able to use the toilet instead of a diaper
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɑːti treɪnd/
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  • I take care of an 18-month-old girl who has been fully potty trained since she was 15 months old.
  • potty-trained children
  • potty-trained at age

Examples

  • After months of practice, she finally became potty-trained and started using the toilet like a big kid.

  • My second, another boy, was potty trained by just over 2 years old.

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  • Well, my children have been potty-trained for quite some time.

  • Max over here is potty-trained now, OK?

  • I was potty-trained when I was two.

  • My third child, a girl, was completely potty trained by 2 years and about 3 months.

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  • My first child, a son, was completely potty trained at 18 months.

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  • My oldest was fully potty trained at around 3 years, and the younger one was 2 years.

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  • Well, at least she's potty-trained.

  • She's potty-trained and everything.

Synonyms

toilet-trained
vspotty-trained
3 3.3

Can use the toilet instead of a diaper

is limited to children rather than including animals
pot-trained
vspotty-trained
7.0

Can use the toilet instead of wearing diapers

learns to use the toilet themselves rather than being taught

Antonyms

31 3.4

Having no teaching or practice to do a task well

How Toilet-Trained

potty-trained
15 3.0
in diapers
  • US
15 1.5

Surface Forms

potty-trained positive

Morphology

potty-trained = potty-train (transparent) = potty + train + ed

The verb 'potty-train' is clearly composed of 'potty' + 'train', and the addition of '-ed' simply forms the past participle adjective meaning 'having been trained'.

Etymology

Potty-trained starts with potty, which comes from a small child-sized pot that was used as a toilet ('small pot' or 'toilet'), and trained means taught. So potty-trained means a child has been taught to use a toilet instead of a diaper.