Definitions of Talent [ˈtæl ənt]

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Definition of 'Talent'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) talent
a special, often creative natural ability or aptitude:
a talent for drawing.

2.  talent
a person or persons with special ability, esp. in a particular field:
the theater's major talents; the local talent.

3.  talent
a power of mind or body considered as given to a person for use and improvement: so called from the parable in Matt. 25:14–30.

4.  talent
any of various ancient units of weight, as a unit of the Middle East equal to 3000 shekels, or of Greece equal to 6000 drachmas.

5.  talent
any of various ancient monetary units equal to the value of a talent weight of gold or silver.

6.  talent
Obs. inclination or disposition.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE talente < L talenta, pl. of talentum < Gk tálanton balance, weight, monetary unit)

Definition of 'Talent'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment
natural abilities or qualities

2. (noun) talent
a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

Definition of 'Talent'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) talent
a natural skill or ability
his musical/artistic/athletic talents; She has a talent for making people feel welcome.

Definition of 'Talent'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Talent
among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.

2. (verb) Talent
among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.

3. (verb) Talent
inclination; will; disposition; desire

4. (verb) Talent
intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30)

Definitions of 'Talent'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Talent
a weight, coin, or sum of money among the ancients, of variable value among different nations and at different periods; the Attic weight being equal to about 57 lbs. troy, and the money to £243, 15s.; among the Romans the great talent was worth £99, and the little worth £75.

Translation of 'Talent'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a special ability or cleverness; a skill a talent for drawing.
Afrikaans: talent	Arabic: مَوْهِبَه	Bulgarian: дарба
Brazilian: talento	Czech: nadání	German: das Talent
Danish: talent; evne	Greek: ταλέντο	Spanish: talento
Estonian: anne	Farsi: استعداد	Finnish: kyky
French: talent	Hebrew: כִּשָׁרוֹן	Hindi: प्रतिभा
Croatian: nadarenost, talent	Hungarian: tehetség	Indonesian: bakat
Icelandic: hæfileiki	Italian: talento	Japanese: 才能
Korean: 재능	Lithuanian: talentas, gabumai	Latvian: talants, dotumi
Malay: bakat	Dutch: talent	Norwegian: talent, anlegg
Polish: talent	Portuguese: talento	Romanian: talent
Russian: талант	Slovak: nadanie, talent	Slovenian: nadarjenost
Serbian: talenat	Swedish: talang, fallenhet, begåvn	Thai: ความสามารถพิเศษ
Turkish: yetenek, kabiliyet	Taiwanese: 天賦，才能	Ukrainian: талант
Urdu: صلاحيت	Vietnamese: tài năng	Chinese: 天资，才能
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