Talent
(noun)
- Natural aptitude or skill; the ability to do something well.
- A unit of weight, approximately equal to 36 kilograms (80 pounds), used for weighing large animals, such as pigs and sheep.
- A former unit of weight and money in the ancient world, especially in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
Origin:
From old french talent, from medieval latin talenta, alteration of latin talentum, from ancient greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance, weight, sum”), akin to τέλος (télos, “result, purpose, end”).
Examples:
- She has a talent for painting.
- The new employee has a talent for organization.
- I wish I had his talent for playing the guitar.
- The pig weighed in at 100 talents.
- In ancient Greece, a talent was a measure of silver worth approximately 6,000 drachmas.