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potty

potty

85 1.1
A small toilet that young children use while learning
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑːti/
  • Baby Talk
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  • To make potty training easier, we bought a colorful potty for our daughter.
  • potty training
  • go potty
  • a potty break

Step three, you sit on the potty and you use it.

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Examples

  • That's when they could manage sitting on the potty, pulling down their pants, wiping, etc.

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  • This is my first potty ever.

  • Step three, you sit on the potty and you use it.

  • Are you ready for a potty break?

  • My daughter started asking for a little potty to sit on when she was 2.

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

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  • Every time my mommy puts me on the potty, I cry.

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

  • We got the Fisher-Price singing potty. It made her really want to use it!

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  • Teddy is pretty good about using the potty and doesn't miss all that much.

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Synonyms

potty chair
vspotty
  • Baby Talk
1 2.1

A small seat a child sits on to pee or poo when learning to use the toilet

is a small bowl-style toilet used by children learning to use the toilet
potty seat
vspotty
  • Baby Talk
1 1.8

A small seat children sit on to learn to use the toilet

is a small bowl-style toilet used by children learning to use the toilet

Compounds

potty mouth
  • Offensive
7 9.1

A person who often says swear words

potty chair
  • Baby Talk
1 2.1

A small seat a child sits on to pee or poo when learning to use the toilet

potty seat
  • Baby Talk
1 1.8

A small seat children sit on to learn to use the toilet

A child moving and fidgeting because they need to go to the toilet right away

How Portable

potty chair
  • Baby Talk
1 2.1
potty
  • Baby Talk
85 1.1
potty seat
  • Baby Talk
1 1.8
commode
  • US
7 5.5

Surface Forms

potty singular
potties plural

Morphology

potty = pot (transparent) = pot + y

A clear diminutive/adjectival formation: 'pot' + '-y' yields a small pot, historically used as a child's toilet, so learners can infer the sense.

Etymology

Potty comes from the everyday word pot and the ending -y, so a potty is simply a small 'pot' used by a child learning to use the 'toilet'.