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talent

/ˈtælənt/TA-luhnt
/ˈtælənt/TA-luhnt

Meaninga weight

Common meaning: natural ability

Journey through time

  1. Greekτάλαντον‘a balance’
  2. Frenchtalentsource
  3. Middle Englishtalentsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa balance → natural abilitytalent‘natural ability’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τάλαντον ‘a balance; a weight’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TALENT, p. 622 · dictionary scan

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