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three-year-old

three-year-old

45 1.3
A person, animal, or thing that is three years old
  • adjective
  • /θriː jɪr oʊld/
translation icon : de tres años
  • Esperanza is a three-year old girl in Guatemala.
  • a three-year-old child
  • a three-year-old son
  • a three-year-old boy

Esperanza is a three-year old girl in Guatemala.

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Examples

  • The teacher prepared activities suitable for the three-year-old children in her class.

  • Another member is a stay-at-home mother with a three-year-old daughter and an eighty-three-pound dog.

    Academic text (2010)
  • He was three years old.

  • Well, probably the best judge of outcomes for a three-year old is the parents, right?

  • Accepting Jesus into your heart and getting saved is a big decision... ... especially for a three-year-old.

  • "I miss my grandma," said the three-year-old, also beginning to sob.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • So I'm Amy Banzart, I have a three-year old, his name is Eli.

  • Suddenly, on the night of the third, Yema, Aunty's three-year-old, took to bed with a high fever.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • My three-year-old daughter loves to draw and play outside.

  • To celebrate her birthday, we invited all the three-year-old kids from the neighborhood.

How Old

adult
110 1.0
three-year-old
45 1.3
two-year-old
80 1.4
one-year-old
24 1.0
newborn
142 1.0

Surface Forms

three-year-old positive

Morphology

three-year-old = three-year (transparent) = three + year + old

The adjective is formed by adding 'old' to the age expression 'three-year', so the relation to the base is directly understandable.

Etymology

Three-year-old is made from three, year, and old, and it means 'three years old'. So a three-year-old child or dog has lived for three years.