TALENT


Meaning of TALENT in English

■ noun

1》 natural aptitude or skill.

↘people possessing natural aptitude or skill.

↘ Brit. informal people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners.

2》 a former weight and unit of currency used by the ancient Romans and Greeks.

Derivatives

~less adjective

Origin

OE ~e , ~an (as a unit of weight), from L. ~a , plural of ~um 'weight, sum of money', from Gk talanton .

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