talentとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈtælənt/
• (英国発音, also) IPA^(key): /ˈtalənt/
• 韻: -ælənt
• ハイフネーション: tal‧ent

名詞

talent (複数形 talents)

1. A marked natural ability or skill. [from 15^thc.]
   • 1936 Feb. 15, Ernest Hemingway, letter to Maxwell Perkins:

     Feel awfully about Scott... I always knew he couldn't think—he never could—but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it—not whine in public.

   He has a real talent for drawing.

2. (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places. [from 9^thc.]
   • 1611, Authorized Version, Matthew XXV 14-15:

     For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

3. (obsolete) A desire or inclination for something. [14^th-16^thc.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XX, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:

     But my hede said sir Palomydes I wille not ryde these thre dayes / […] / Truly said sir Lamorak / and I wille abyde here with you / And whan ye ryde / thenne wille I ryde / […] / therfor I pray you syr Dynadan abyde and ryde with vs / Feythfully said Dynadan I wylle not abyde for I haue suche a talent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

4. (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person. [from 19^thc.]

   The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.

5. (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness. [from 20^thc.]

   Not much talent in this bar tonight—let's hit the clubs.

   • 2011, Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life!, page 179:

     I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:skill

派生語

• talent scout
• talent-spotting

Further reading

• “talent” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “talent” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

アナグラム

• antlet, latent, latten