talent

See also: Talent

English edit

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talent

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtælənt/
(UK, also) IPA^(key): /ˈtalənt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ælənt
Hyphenation: tal‧ent

Noun edit

talent (plural talents)

A marked natural ability or skill. [from 15th c.]
- 1936 Feb. 15, Ernest Hemingway, letter to Maxwell Perkins:
  Feel awfully about Scott... I always knew he couldn't think—he never could—but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it—not whine in public.
He has a real talent for drawing.
(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.
(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
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(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.
(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.

Synonyms edit

See also Thesaurus:skill

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Translations edit

marked ability or skill

Arabic: مَوْهِبَة f (mawhiba)
Armenian: տաղանդ (hy) (taġand), շնորհք (hy) (šnorhkʻ), ձիրք (hy) (jirkʻ)
Asturian: talentu m
Azerbaijani: istedad (az)
Belarusian: тала́нт m (talánt), дар m (dar), адо́ранасць f (adóranascʹ)
Bulgarian: тала́нт (bg) m (talánt), дар (bg) m (dar)
Catalan: talent (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 才能 (zh) (cáinéng), 天賦／天赋 (zh) (tiānfù)
Czech: talent (cs), nadání (cs) n
Danish: talent n, begavelse
Dutch: talent (nl) n, aanleg (nl) m, gave (nl) f, begaafdheid (nl) f
Esperanto: talento (eo)
Estonian: talent (et)
Finnish: kyky (fi), lahjakkuus (fi)
French: talent (fr) m
Galician: talento m
Georgian: ტალანტი (ṭalanṭi), ნიჭი (nič̣i)
German: Talent (de) n, Begabung (de) f
Greek: ταλέντο (el) n (talénto), τάλαντο (el) n (tálanto)
Hebrew: כִּשָּׁרוֹן (he) m (kisharón)
Hindi: प्रतिभा (hi) f (pratibhā)
Hungarian: tehetség (hu)
Icelandic: hæfileiki (is) m, gáfa (is) f
Indonesian: bakat (id), talenta (id)
Interlingua: talento
Italian: talento (it) m
Japanese: 才能 (ja) (さいのう, sainō), 天賦 (ja) (てんぷ, tenpu)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: дарын (daryn)
Khmer: ទេពកោសល្យ (teip kaosɑl)
Korean: 재능(才能) (ko) (jaeneung), 천부(天賦) (ko) (cheonbu)
Kyrgyz: талант (ky) (talant)
Ladino: talento, marafet
Latin: indoles f
Latvian: talants m
Lithuanian: talentas m
Malay: bakat (ms)
Malayalam: കഴിവ് (ml) (kaḻivŭ)
Maori: parapara, pūmanawa
Middle English: besaunt, talent
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: авъяас (avʺjaas)
Navajo: haniih, yeʼaniihígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: talent n
Occitan: talent (oc) m
Ojibwe: nagajiiwin
Oromo: kennaa
Persian: استعداد (fa) (este'dâd), تالنت (tâlent)
Plautdietsch: Bejriff m
Polish: talent (pl) m, dar (pl) m, zdolność (pl) f
Portuguese: talento (pt) m
Romanian: talent (ro) n
Russian: тала́нт (ru) m (talánt), дар (ru) m (dar), одарённость (ru) f (odarjónnostʹ)
Sanskrit: गुण (sa) m (guṇa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та̀лент m, на̀да̄рено̄ст f, о̀бда̄рено̄ст f

Roman: tàlent (sh) m, nàdārenōst (sh) f, òbdārenōst (sh) f
Sicilian: spirtizza f, gnegnu (scn) m
Slovak: talent m, nadanie n
Slovene: talènt m, nadarjenost f
Sotho: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: talento (es) m
Swahili: kipaji (sw), talanta (sw)
Swedish: talang (sv) c
Tagalog: talento
Tajik: истеъдод (isteʾdod), талант (talant)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: సామర్థ్యము (te) (sāmarthyamu)
Thai: พรสวรรค์ (pɔɔn-sà-wǎn)
Turkish: yetenek (tr)
Ukrainian: тала́нт m (talánt), дар m (dar), зді́бність f (zdíbnistʹ), обдаро́ваність f (obdaróvanistʹ)
Uzbek: isteʻdod, talant (uz)
Vietnamese: tài năng (vi) (才能)
Welsh: talent (cy) m
Yiddish: פֿעהיגקײַט f (fehigkayt), פֿעיִקײַט f (feikayt), טאַלאַנט m (talant)

unit of weight and money

Asturian: talentu m
Bulgarian: талант (bg) m (talant)
Catalan: talent (ca) m
Czech: talent (cs) m
Danish: talent n or c
Esperanto: kikaro, talanto
Estonian: talent (et)
Finnish: talentti (fi)
French: talent (fr) m
Galician: talento m
German: Talent (de) n
Greek: τάλαντο (el) n (tálanto)
Ancient: τάλαντον n (tálanton)
Hebrew: כיכר (he) f (kikár)
Hungarian: talentum (hu)
Icelandic: talenta f
Italian: talento (it) m
Latin: tălentum
Latvian: talants m
Lithuanian: talantas m
Maori: taranata
Middle English: talent
Persian: تالان (fa) (tâlân), تالنت (tâlent)
Portuguese: talento (pt) m
Russian: тала́нт (ru) m (talánt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та̀лент m

Roman: tàlent (sh) m
Slovene: talènt m
Spanish: talento (es) m
Swahili: talanta (sw)
Swedish: talent (sv) c
Telugu: తూనిక విశేషము (tūnika viśēṣamu)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎋𐎗 (kkr)
Ukrainian: тала́нт m (talánt)

people of talent collectively

Icelandic: hæfileikafólk n
Italian: talenti (it) m pl
Spanish: talentosos (es) m pl
Tagalog: katalihiligan
Telugu: ధీశక్తి (dhīśakti)

talented person

Bulgarian: талантлив човек m (talantliv čovek)
Danish: talent n
Estonian: talent (et)
Finnish: kyky (fi), lahjakkuus (fi)
French: talent (fr) m
Georgian: ნიჭიერი ადამიანი (nič̣ieri adamiani)
Greek: ταλαντούχος (el) m (talantoúchos)
Hungarian: tehetség (hu)
Icelandic: hæfileikamaður m
Italian: talento (it) m
Latvian: talants m
Maori: iho pūmanawa
Portuguese: talento (pt) m
Romanian: talent (ro) n
Russian: тала́нт (ru) m (talánt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та̀лент m

Roman: tàlent (sh) m
Sicilian: spertu m, sperta f
Spanish: talentoso (es) m
Swedish: talang (sv) c
Tagalog: may talihilig
Telugu: ప్రతిభ (te) (pratibha), బుద్ధిశక్తి (buddhiśakti)
Ukrainian: тала́нт m (talánt)
Yiddish: טאַלענט m (talent)

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bakat (id)

Anagrams edit

antlet, latent, latten

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈlen]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈlent]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [taˈlent]

Noun edit

talent m (plural talents)

talent (Greek money)
talent (skill)
hunger
Synonym: gana

Derived terms edit

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun edit

talent m inan

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

Declension edit

Declension of talent (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	talent	talenty
genitive	talentu	talentů
dative	talentu	talentům
accusative	talent	talenty
vocative	talente	talenty
locative	talentu	talentech
instrumental	talentem	talenty

Related terms edit

talentovaný

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /talɛnt/, [taˈlɛnˀd̥]

Noun edit

talent n (singular definite talentet, plural indefinite talenter)

talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)

Inflection edit

Declension of talent

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	talent	talentet	talenter	talenterne
genitive	talents	talentets	talenters	talenternes

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /talɛnt/, [taˈlɛnˀd̥]

Noun edit

talent c (singular definite talenten, plural indefinite talenter)

talent (unit of weight and money)

Inflection edit

Declension of talent

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	talent	talenten	talenter	talenterne
genitive	talents	talentens	talenters	talenternes

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /taːˈlɛnt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ta‧lent
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun edit

talent n (plural talenten, diminutive talentje n)

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

Derived terms edit

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Afrikaans: talent

Anagrams edit

latten

French edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ta.lɑ̃/
Audio (file)

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talent m (plural talents)

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

Derived terms edit

talentueux

Anagrams edit

latent

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

taland, talande, talant, talente (all rare)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /taˈlɛnt/, /ˈtalɛnt/

Noun edit

talent (plural talentes or talens)

A talent (ancient unit of money or weight)
Will, inclination, or desire.
A base inclination or urge (especially lustful or for food)
An emotion or feeling (especially positive or affectionate)
A purpose; a plan or idea serving one.
(rare) Capacity, character, or nature.
(rare) A talent (ability, skill).

Related terms edit

maltalent

Descendants edit

English: talent
Scots: talent

References edit

“talent, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål edit

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin talentum.

Noun edit

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

(a) talent

Derived terms edit

talentfull

References edit

“talent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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From Medieval Latin talentum.

Noun edit

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

(a) talent

Derived terms edit

talentfull

References edit

“talent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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talant

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

desire; wish (to do something)

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Middle English: talent, taland, talande, talant, talente (in part)
- English: talent
- Scots: talent

Polish edit

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talent

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

talent m inan (diminutive talencik)

talent, gift
Antonym: antytalent

Declension edit

Declension of talent

	singular	plural
nominative	talent	talenty
genitive	talentu	talentów
dative	talentowi	talentom
accusative	talent	talenty
instrumental	talentem	talentami
locative	talencie	talentach
vocative	talencie	talenty

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talent m animal

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

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Declension of talent

	singular	plural
nominative	talent	talenty
genitive	talenta	talentów
dative	talentowi	talentom
accusative	talenta	talenty
instrumental	talentem	talentami
locative	talencie	talentach
vocative	talencie	talenty

Noun edit

talent m pers (diminutive talencik)

(metonymically) talented person
Antonym: antytalent

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Declension of talent

	singular	plural
nominative	talent	talenty
genitive	talenta	talentów
dative	talentowi	talentom
accusative	talenta	talenty
instrumental	talentem	talentami
locative	talencie	talentach
vocative	talencie	talenty

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adjective

utalentowany

noun

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Borrowed from French talent.

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Audio (file)

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talent n (plural talente)

talent

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Declension of talent

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) talent	talentul	(niște) talente	talentele
genitive/dative	(unui) talent	talentului	(unor) talente	talentelor
vocative	talentule		talentelor

Serbo-Croatian edit

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tàlenat (Bosnia)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

tàlent m (Cyrillic spelling та̀лент)

(Croatia) talent

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Declension of talent

	singular	plural
nominative	tàlent	talenti
genitive	tàlēnta	tàlnātā
dative	talentu	talentima
accusative	talent	talente
vocative	talente	talenti
locative	talentu	talentima
instrumental	talentom	talentima

Welsh edit

Alternative forms edit

talen (colloquial)

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtalɛnt/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɛnt/, /ˈtalɛnt/
Rhymes: -alɛnt

Etymology 1 edit

talu +‎ -ent

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talent

(literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of talu

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun edit

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

ability, aptitude
talent (“coin”)

Derived terms edit

talentog (“talented”)

Mutation edit

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.

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