Talent

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
 * 2) * 1611, Authorized Version, 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.
 * 1)  A desire or inclination for something.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
 * ‘Faythfully,’ seyde Sir Dynadan, ‘I woll nat abyde, for I have suche a talente to se Sir Trystram that I may nat abyde longe from hym.’
 * 1) After Matthew 25, above: A marked natural ability or skill.
 * He has the talent of touching his nose with his tongue.
 * 1)  People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
 * The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.
 * 1)  The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
 * Not much talent in this bar tonight – let's hit the clubs.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:skill

Adjectives for Talent
genuine; distinguished; peculiar; superficial; satirical; histrionic; stifled; dramatic; marked; copious; kindred; administrative; brilliant;' hidden; intuitive; inherited; native; undisciplined; vivid; social; admirable; innate; conspicuous; rare; precocious; evinced; delicate; original; sturdy; eminent; inconsiderable; gastronomic; choice; undoubted; uncommon; musical; wild; inventive; practical; interior; inborn; extraordinary; rising; latent; constructive; outside; mediocre; undoubted; comic; adoring; culinary; military; exquisite; budding.

Verbs for Talent
applaud—; bring to light—; call upon—; confine—; cultivate—; demonstrate—; de¬tect—; develop—; discover—; display—; dissipate—; enlist—; esteem—; eulogize—; expand—; exploit—; extol—; glorify—; in¬herit—; laud—; magnify—; misuse—; nurture—; panegyrize—; pay tribute to—; pervert—; prostitute—; smother—; stifle—.; trace—; transcend—; weigh—; worship—; —buds; —decays; —germinates; —issues from; —ministers; —nourishes; —sprouts; —sustains; —transcends.

Thesaurus
Geist, Muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy, adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill, artistry, arty-craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness, brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, child prodigy, clear thinking, cleverness, competence, craft, creative thought, creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, dexterity, divine afflatus, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency, endowment, equipment, esprit, expertise, facility, faculty, fire of genius, fitness, flair, forte, genius, gift, gifted child, gifted person, giftedness, gifts, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, instinct, intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, keen-wittedness, keenness, knack, long suit, makings, man of parts, mental alertness, mental genius, mental giant, mercurial mind, metier, native cleverness, natural, natural endowment, natural gift, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nose, nous, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, prodigy, proficiency, propensity, qualification, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, ready wit, savvy, set, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, smartness, smarts, soul, speciality, spirit, sprightly wit, strength, strong flair, strong point, sufficiency, susceptibility, talents, tendency, the goods, the stuff, turn, virtu, what it takes

Etymology
talente:, from plural of talentum:, from  τάλαντον:. Later senses reinforced by Old French talent:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: τάλαντο
 * Hungarian: talentum
 * Icelandic:


 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: талент
 * Roman: talent
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: موهبة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: талант
 * Bulgarian: талант
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 天賦, 天赋
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: talento
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ტალანტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: τάλαντο (tála[n]do), ταλέντο (talé[n]do)
 * Hebrew: כשרון
 * Hungarian: tehetség
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 재능
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കഴിവ്
 * Norwegian:
 * Ojibwe:
 * Persian: استعداد
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, дар
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: талент, надареност, обдареност
 * Roman: talent, nadarenost, obdarenost
 * Slovak: talent
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: талант, дар
 * Vietnamese: tài năng
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: талант, дар
 * Vietnamese: tài năng
 * Ukrainian: талант, дар
 * Vietnamese: tài năng


 * Icelandic: hæfileikafólk


 * Danish:
 * Estonian:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ნიჭიერი ადამიანი
 * Hungarian: tehetség
 * Icelandic: hæfileikamaður
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: талент
 * Roman: talent
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : bakat

Anagrams

 * latent
 * latten

Noun

 * 1) desire; wish (to do something)

Noun

 * 1) talent unit of weight
 * 2) talent actual or potential ability

Synonyms

 * nadání

Related terms

 * talentovaný

Noun

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

Noun

 * 1)  (unit of weight and money)

Etymology 1
From Talent:, from  talentum:, from  τάλαντον:.

Etymology 2
From talentum:, from  τάλαντον:.

Noun

 * 1) talent

Anagrams

 * latten

Noun

 * 1) talent

Anagrams

 * latent

Noun

 * 1) desire; wish (to do something)

Alternative forms

 * talant

Noun

 * 1) talent, gift

Noun

 * 1) talent

Alternative forms

 * (Bosnian, Serbian): tàlenat