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talent

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This page has 34 definitions of talent with English translations in 11 languages. Talent is a noun and verb. Examples of how to use talent in a sentence are shown. Also define these 39 related words and terms: ability, skill, whine, unit, weight, money, ancient, desire, inclination, business, media, sports, attractiveness, hunger, gana, nadání, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, gift, knack, will, urge, lustful, food, emotion, feeling, positive, affectionate, purpose, plan, idea, capacity, character, nature, wish, antytalent, talented, talu, and aptitude.

See also: Talent

English

Etymology

From Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (a Grecian weight; a talent of money), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent). Compare Old High German talenta (talent). Later figurative senses are from Old French talent (talent, will, inclination, desire), derived from the biblical Parable of the Talents.

Pronunciation

Noun

talent (plural talents)

  1. A marked natural ability or skill. [from 15th c.]
    He has a real talent for drawing.
  2. (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places. [from 9th c.]
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Matthew XXV:14-15:
      For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
    • Weight definition
      The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by). (1 of 22 weight definitions)
  3. (obsolete) A desire or inclination for something. [14th–16th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XX, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
      But my hede said sir Palomydes I wille not ryde these thre dayes / [] / Truly said sir Lamorak / and I wille abyde here with you / And whan ye ryde / thenne wille I ryde / [] / therfor I pray you syr Dynadan abyde and ryde with vs / Feythfully said Dynadan I wylle not abyde for I haue suche a talent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym
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  4. (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person. [from 19th c.]
    The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.
    • Media definition
      The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. (1 of 5 media definitions)
  5. (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness. [from 20th c.]
    Not much talent in this bar tonight—let's hit the clubs.
    • 2011, Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life!, page 179:
      I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton).

Pronunciation

Noun

talent m (plural talents)

  1. talent (Greek money)
  2. talent (skill)
  3. hunger
    Synonym: gana
    • Gana definition
      inflection of ganar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative (1 of 3 gana definitions)

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun

talent m inan

  1. talent (unit of weight)
  2. talent (actual or potential ability)
    Synonym: nadání n

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Further reading

  • talent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • talent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • talent in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Talent (talent), from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talɛnt/, [taˈlɛnˀd̥]

Noun

talent n (singular definite talentet, plural indefinite talenter)

  1. talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)
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Etymology 2

From Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talɛnt/, [taˈlɛnˀd̥]

Noun

talent c (singular definite talenten, plural indefinite talenter)

  1. talent (unit of weight and money)
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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch talent, from Old French talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, a particular weight, balance), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

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Noun

talent n (plural talenten, diminutive talentje n)

  1. talent (gift, quality, capability)
  2. (historical) talent (ancient weight, value of money or coin)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (a Grecian weight; a talent of money), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent).

Pronunciation

Noun

talent m (plural talents)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) a talent (an obsolete unit of weight or money)
  2. a talent, a gift, a knack

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French talent and Old English talente, both from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈlɛnt/, /ˈtalɛnt/

Noun

talent (plural talentes or talens)

  1. A talent (ancient unit of money or weight)
  2. Will, inclination, or desire.
    • Will definition
      Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. (1 of 8 will definitions)
  3. A base inclination or urge (especially lustful or for food)
    • Lustful definition
      Full of lust; driven by lust.
  4. An emotion or feeling (especially positive or affectionate)
  5. A purpose; a plan or idea serving one.
  6. (rare) Capacity, character, or nature.
  7. (rare) A talent (ability, skill).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin talentum.

Noun

talent n (definite singular talentet, indefinite plural talent or talenter, definite plural talenta or talentene)

  1. (a) talent

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin talentum.

Noun

talent n (definite singular talentet, indefinite plural talent, definite plural talenta)

  1. (a) talent

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (a Grecian weight; a talent of money), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent).

Noun

talent m (oblique plural talenz or talentz, nominative singular talenz or talentz, nominative plural talent)

  1. desire; wish (to do something)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.lɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alɛnt
  • Syllabification: ta‧lent

Noun

talent m inan (diminutive talencik)

  1. talent, gift
    Antonym: antytalent

Declension

Noun

talent m anim

  1. (historical) talent (ancient unit of weight and money)

Declension

Noun

talent m pers (diminutive talencik)

  1. (metonymically) talented person
    Antonym: antytalent

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

  • talent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • talent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French talent.

Noun

talent n (plural talente)

  1. talent

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎlent/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lent

Noun

tàlent m (Cyrillic spelling та̀лент)

  1. (Croatia) talent

Declension

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

talu +‎ -ent

Verb

talent

  1. (literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of talu
    • Talu definition
      three

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun

talent m or f (plural talentau or talenti or talennau or talents)

  1. ability, aptitude
  2. talent (coin)
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Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
talent dalent nhalent thalent
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “talent”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies