Talent (noun)

  1. Natural aptitude or skill; the ability to do something well.
  2. A unit of weight, approximately equal to 36 kilograms (80 pounds), used for weighing large animals, such as pigs and sheep.
  3. 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:

  1. She has a talent for painting.
  2. The new employee has a talent for organization.
  3. I wish I had his talent for playing the guitar.
  4. The pig weighed in at 100 talents.
  5. In ancient Greece, a talent was a measure of silver worth approximately 6,000 drachmas.
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