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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtalent, fromOld Englishtalente, borrowed from the plural ofLatintalentum(“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton,“balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). CompareOld High Germantalenta(“talent”). Later figurative senses are fromOld Frenchtalent(“talent, will, inclination, desire”), derived from the biblicalParable of the Talents.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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talent (pluraltalents)

  1. A marked naturalability orskill.[from 15th c.]
    He has a realtalent for drawing.
  2. (historical) Aunit ofweight andmoney used inancient 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,MatthewXXV: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 fivetalents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
  3. (obsolete) Adesire orinclination for something.[14th–16th c.]
    • 1485,Sir Thomas Malory, chapterXX, inLe 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 atalent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.[from 19th c.]
    The director searched theirtalent pool to fill the new opening.
  5. (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by theirattractiveness.[from 20th c.]
    Not muchtalent in this bar tonight—let's hit the clubs.
    • 2011, Nic Venter,Wow! What a Life!, page179:
      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 thetalent on the beach.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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marked ability or skill
unit of weight and money
people of talent collectively
talented person
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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintalentum, fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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talent m (pluraltalents)

  1. talent(Greek money)
  2. talent(skill)

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Noun

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talent f (pluraltalents)

  1. appetite,hunger
    Synonym:gana

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintalentum.

Noun

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talent m inan

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

Declension

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Declension oftalent (hard masculine inanimate)
singularplural
nominativetalenttalenty
genitivetalentutalentů
dativetalentutalentům
accusativetalenttalenty
vocativetalentetalenty
locativetalentutalentech
instrumentaltalentemtalenty

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Further reading

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  • “talent”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
  • “talent”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
  • “talent”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

Danish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromGermanTalent(“talent”), fromLatintalentum, fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton,“balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /talɛnt/,[taˈlɛnˀd̥]

Noun

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talent n (singular definitetalentet,plural indefinitetalenter)

  1. talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)
Inflection
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Declension oftalent
neuter
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativetalenttalentettalentertalenterne
genitivetalentstalentetstalenterstalenternes
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Etymology 2

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FromLatintalentum, fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton,“balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /talɛnt/,[taˈlɛnˀd̥]

Noun

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talent c (singular definitetalenten,plural indefinitetalenter)

  1. talent (unit of weight and money)
Inflection
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Declension oftalent
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativetalenttalententalentertalenterne
genitivetalentstalentenstalenterstalenternes

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchtalent, fromOld Frenchtalent, fromLatintalentum, fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton,“a particular weight, balance”), fromProto-Indo-European*tl̥h₂ent-, from*telh₂-.

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Noun

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talent n (pluraltalenten,diminutivetalentje n)

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

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Descendants

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintalentum(“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), itself a borrowing fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton,“balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

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Noun

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talent m (pluraltalents)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) atalent(an obsolete unit ofweight ormoney)
  2. atalent, agift, aknack

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchtalent andOld Englishtalente, both fromLatintalentum, fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈlɛnt/,/ˈtalɛnt/

Noun

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talent (pluraltalentes ortalens)

  1. Atalent(ancient unit of money or weight)
  2. Will,inclination, ordesire.
  3. A baseinclination orurge(especiallylustful or forfood)
  4. Anemotion orfeeling(especiallypositive oraffectionate)
  5. Apurpose; aplan oridea serving one.
  6. (rare)Capacity,character, ornature.
  7. (rare) Atalent(ability,skill).

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Descendants

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References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMedieval Latintalentum.

Noun

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talent n (definite singulartalentet,indefinite pluraltalentortalenter,definite pluraltalentaortalentene)

  1. (a)talent

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromMedieval Latintalentum.

Noun

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talent n (definite singulartalentet,indefinite pluraltalent,definite pluraltalenta)

  1. (a)talent

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References

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintalentum(“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton,“balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

Noun

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talentoblique singular, m (oblique pluraltalenzortalentz,nominative singulartalenzortalentz,nominative pluraltalent)

  1. desire;wish (to do something)

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediapl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatintalentum, fromAncient Greekτάλαντον(tálanton), fromProto-Indo-European*tl̥h₂ent-, from*telh₂-

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Noun

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talent m inan (diminutivetalencik)

  1. talent,gift
    Antonym:antytalent

Declension

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Declension oftalent
singularplural
nominativetalenttalenty
genitivetalentutalentów
dativetalentowitalentom
accusativetalenttalenty
instrumentaltalentemtalentami
locativetalencietalentach
vocativetalencietalenty

Noun

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talent m animal

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

Declension

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Declension oftalent
singularplural
nominativetalenttalenty
genitivetalentatalentów
dativetalentowitalentom
accusativetalentatalenty
instrumentaltalentemtalentami
locativetalencietalentach
vocativetalencietalenty

Noun

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talent m pers (diminutivetalencik)

  1. (metonymically)talented person
    Antonym:antytalent

Declension

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Declension oftalent
singularplural
nominativetalenttalenty
genitivetalentatalentów
dativetalentowitalentom
accusativetalentatalenty
instrumentaltalentemtalentami
locativetalencietalentach
vocativetalencietalenty

Derived terms

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adjective
noun

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchtalent.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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talent n (pluraltalente)

  1. talent

Declension

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Declension oftalent
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativetalenttalentultalentetalentele
genitive-dativetalenttalentuluitalentetalentelor
vocativetalentuletalentelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintalentum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tàlent m (Cyrillic spellingта̀лент)

  1. (Croatia)talent

Declension

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Declension oftalent
singularplural
nominativetàlenttalenti
genitivetàlēntatàlnātā
dativetalentutalentima
accusativetalenttalente
vocativetalentetalenti
locativetalentutalentima
instrumentaltalentomtalentima

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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talu +‎-ent

Verb

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talent

  1. (literary)third-personpluralimperfect/conditional oftalu

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromLatintalentum.

Noun

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talent m orf (pluraltalentauortalentiortalennauortalents)

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

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Mutated forms oftalent
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
talentdalentnhalentthalent

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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