talent

n.

1. A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. See synonyms at ability.
2. 1. Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality.
   2. A person or group of people having such ability: The company makes good use of its talent.
3. A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.

[Middle English, inclination, disposition, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, balance, sum of money, from Greek talanton. Sense 3, Middle English, from Old English talente, from Latin talenta, pl. of talentum, from Greek talanton.]

talented tal'ent·ed adj.
talentless tal'ent·less adj.
talentlessness tal'ent·less·ness n.

noun

An innate capability: aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, instinct, knack, turn. See ability/inability, approach/retreat.

n

Definition: ability
Antonyms: inability, incapacity, lack, weakness

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talent, a standard weight in the ancient world, representing a man's load; see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and MONEY AND COINS.

[Ar]

1. A unit of weight used in the classical Greek world and Near East, the equivalent of 60 minas, 25.86kg in Athens.

2. A coin which in Pericles' time in Athens was equivalent in value to 6000 drachmae at a time when a normal wage for a week's work was 3.5 drachmae.

An individual's special aptitude or above-average ability for a specific function or range of functions. Physical talents may be functional, expressive, or athletic.

IN BRIEF: A natural ability or skill.

Everyone has talent at 25. The difficulty is to have it at 50. — Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French impressionist.

Quotes:

"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more." - Louisa May Alcott

"I believe that every person is born with talent." - Maya Angelou

"It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ." - W. H. Auden

"There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while." - Pearl Bailey

"Talent is only the starting point." - Irving Berlin

"A man gift will make a way for him." - Bible

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - talent, anlæg, begavelse

idioms:

• talent scout    talentspejder
• talent show    talentshow

Nederlands (Dutch)
gave, talentvol persoon

Français (French)
n. - talent, don, (GB) beaux mecs/belles nanas (npl), (Hist) talent (une monnaie)

idioms:

• talent scout    dénicheur de nouveaux talents
• talent show    concours de jeunes talents

Deutsch (German)
n. - Talent, Anlage, Begabung

idioms:

• talent scout    Talentsucher
• talent show    Talentwettbewerb

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταλέντο, φυσικό χάρισμα, (ιστ.) τάλαντο (μονάδα βάρους ή νομισματική μονάδα)

idioms:

• talent scout    ανιχνευτής/λαγωνικό ταλέντων
• talent show    πρόγραμμα για νέα ταλέντα

Italiano (Italian)
attitudine, talento, capacità

idioms:

• talent scout    scopritore di talenti
• talent show    provino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - talento (m), aptidão (f), habilidade (f)

idioms:

• talent scout    descobridor de novos talentos
• talent show    programa de calouros

Русский (Russian)
(свойство, качество) талант, (мера, сумма) талант (серебра)

idioms:

• talent scout    открыватель талантов
• talent show    ревю талантов

Español (Spanish)
n. - talento, dotes, aptitudes

idioms:

• talent scout    buscatalentos, descubridor de personas de talento o valor
• talent show    concurso de talentos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - talang, begåvning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
才能, 天才, 有才干的人

idioms:

• talent scout    星探, 人才发掘者
• talent show    才艺表演

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 才能, 天才, 有才幹的人

idioms:

• talent scout    星探, 人才發掘者
• talent show    才藝表演

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재주, 재능, 소질

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 才能, すぐれた才能, 人材, 芸能人

idioms:

• talent scout    タレントスカウト
• talent show    タレントショー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مقدرة, موهبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעלי כשרונות, בעל כשרון, כישרון, מטבע עתיק, חתיכה, חתיך, כיכר (של מתכת יקרה)‬

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