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trainable

/ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/

trainable adjective: capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.

Adjective

trainable (comparative more trainable, superlative most trainable)

  1. Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.

Noun

trainable (plural trainables)

  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

trainable meaning in Tamil

trainable in Tamil

பயிற்றுவிக்கக்கூடிய

Forms of trainable

Adjective
comparativemore trainable
superlativemost trainable
Noun
pluraltrainables

Origin of trainable

From train + -able.

Words formed from trainable

Questions about trainable

What does trainable mean?
Trainable means capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.
What is trainable in Tamil?
Trainable in Tamil is பயிற்றுவிக்கக்கூடிய. See Trainable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trainable?
Trainable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce trainable?
Trainable is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/.

Words near trainable in the dictionary

  1. train-of-fours
  2. train-wreck
  3. train-wrecks
  4. Traina
  5. trainability
  6. trainable
  7. trainableness
  8. trainables
  9. trainage
  10. trainagraph
  11. trainagraphs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trainable (page history and authors); trainable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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