Meanings
adjectivetrainable (comparative more trainable, superlative most trainable)
comparative more trainable · superlative most trainable
- Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.
nountrainable (plural trainables)
plural trainables
- datedeuphemisticA 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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintrahere
- Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
- Old Frenchtraïner
- Old Frenchtrain
- Middle Englishtrayne
- Englishtrain
- Englishtrainable
Translations
Portuguese treinável
- treinávelcapable of being trained
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APA
trainable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainable
MLA
“trainable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trainable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainable.
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