talent

Other forms of talent

plural

talents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about talent

What does talent mean?

talent means "natural abilities or qualities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in talent?

talent has 2 syllables: tal-ent. The stress falls on "tal". In IPA it is /ˈtælənt/.

What is another word for talent?

Close synonyms include endowment, gift, natural endowment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is talent a common word?

talent is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.