n.
- natural aptitude or skill.
▸people possessing natural aptitude or skill.
▸Brit. informal people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners.
- a former weight and unit of currency used by the ancient Romans and Greeks.
Derivative
Etymology
OE talente, talentan (as a unit of weight), from L. talenta, pl. of talentum ‘weight, sum of money’, from Gk talanton.