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trainable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English train Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English trainable From train + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.

Forms

Deriveds

nontrainable · untrainable · trainableness

Translations (1)

pt treinável (capable of being trained)

trainable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English train Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English trainable From train + -able.

Meanings

1. (dated, euphemistic) A mentally retarded person who can be trained or taught.
   • Toilet accidents for new children in the school are generally at least two or three times as frequent for trainables as they are for educables. 1971, Harriet Eleanor Blodgett, Mentally Retarded Children: What Parents and Others Should Know:

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