toilet-trained
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3.3
- adjective
- /ˈtɔɪlɪt treɪnd/
:
entrenado para ir al baño
- It is common for children to be toilet-trained by the age of three.
- toilet-trained child
- fully toilet-trained
- get toilet-trained
Examples
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The toddler was finally toilet-trained after weeks of practice and encouragement.
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Parents often celebrate when their child becomes toilet-trained and no longer needs diapers.
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My son is 3 1/2 and is still not toilet trained.
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But they were both fully toilet trained by 2 1/2.
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She was fully toilet trained at age 6.
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My brother was raised on cloth too, and we were both toilet trained just before our 2nd birthdays.
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My twins were toilet trained 6 months apart from each other (my daughter at 2 1/2, my son at 3) because I waited until they seemed ready; I never forced it on them.
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Some children with autism can't speak at all and aren't toilet-trained.
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We don't blame one another for the fact that Tina can't make friends at school or that at three Jonah still isn't toilet trained.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.0
Able to use the toilet instead of a diaper
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3.2
A pet trained to pee and poo only outside or in a set place inside
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2.5
Trained to go to the toilet outside or in a set place
Can use the toilet instead of wearing diapers
How Independent
3
3.3
- Specialized
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
toilet-trained = toilet-train (transparent) = toilet + train + ed
Formed from the verb 'toilet-train' plus the regular participial suffix '-ed'; the meaning is directly predictable from the components.
Etymology
The word toilet-trained joins toilet ('bathroom') and trained ('taught'). So it means someone, like a child or pet, has been taught to use the bathroom instead of a diaper.