a special often creative or artistic aptitude
general ability or intelligence
a person or people of talent in a field or activity
informal (treated as sing. or pl) people considered in terms of their sexual attractiveness or as potential romantic or sexual partners
He sat outside the pub eyeing up the local talent
an ancient unit of weight or money
any of several ancient units of weight
a unit of money equal to the value of a talent of gold or silver
talented adj
talentless adj
Old English talente from Latin talenta, pl of talentum unit of weight or money, from Greek talanton. The meaning was influenced by the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14–30