different between acquirement vs talent

English

Etymology

From acquire +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kwa??(?)m?nt/

Noun

acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)

1. (now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Riagne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, p. 4,^[1]

     […] his acquirements by industrie were […] enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.

   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, London: for the author, Volume 1, Letter 27, p. 177,^[2]

     If she can think, that the part she has had in your education, and your own admirable talents and acquirements, are to be thrown away upon such a worthless creature as Solmes, I could heartily quarrel with her.

   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, London: Richard Bentley, Volume 1, Chapter 18, p. 305,^[3]

     […] there was a degree of deference in his deportment toward that young gentleman which seemed to indicate that he felt himself conscious of a slight inferiority in point of genius and professional acquirements.

2. The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]

   • […] rules for the acquirement of a taste […]

   • 1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army

     At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.

Synonyms

• (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition

English

Etymology

From Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). Compare Old High German talenta (“talent”). Later senses from Old French talent (“talent, will, inclination, desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæl?nt/
• (UK, also) IPA^(key): /?tal?nt/
• Hyphenation: tal?ent

Noun

talent (plural talents)

1. A marked natural ability or skill. [from 15^thc.]

2. (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East. [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.]
4. (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person. [from 19^thc.]

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skill

Derived terms

• talent scout

Translations

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.

Anagrams

• antlet, latent, latten

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /t??lent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t??len/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ta?lent/

Noun

talent m (plural talents)

1. talent (Greek money)
2. talent (skill)
3. hunger

   Synonym: gana

Derived terms

• atalentat
• talentós

Further reading

• “talent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun

talent m

1. talent (unit of weight)
2. talent (actual or potential ability)

Synonyms

• (ability): nadání n

Related terms

• talentovaný

Further reading

• talent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• talent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Talent (“talent”), from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal?nt/, [ta?l?n?d?]

Noun

talent n (singular definite talentet, plural indefinite talenter)

1. talent (potential or factual ability to perform a skill better than most people)

Inflection

See also

• talent on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tal?nt/, [ta?l?n?d?]

Noun

talent c (singular definite talenten, plural indefinite talenter)

1. talent (unit of weight and money)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch talent, from Old French talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “a particular weight, balance”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl?h?ent-, from *telh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta??l?nt/
• Hyphenation: ta?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

talent n (plural talenten, diminutive talentje n)

1. talent (gift, quality, capability)
2. (historical) talent (ancient weight, value of money or coin)

Derived terms

• met zijn talenten woekeren
• natuurtalent
• talentenjacht
• talentvol

Descendants

• Afrikaans: talent

Anagrams

• latten

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.l??/

Noun

talent m (plural talents)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) a talent (an obsolete unit of weight or money)
2. a talent, a gift, a knack

Derived terms

• talentueux

Further reading

• “talent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• latent

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin talentum.

Noun

talent n (definite singular talentet, indefinite plural talent or talenter, definite plural talenta or talentene)

1. (a) talent

Derived terms

• talentfull

References

• “talent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin talentum

Noun

talent n (definite singular talentet, indefinite plural talent, definite plural talenta)

1. (a) talent

Derived terms

• talentfull

References

• “talent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• talant

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

Noun

talent m (oblique plural talenz or talentz, nominative singular talenz or talentz, nominative plural talent)

1. desire; wish (to do something)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.l?nt/

Noun

talent m inan

1. talent, gift
2. (historical) talent (ancient unit of weight and money)

Declension

Noun

talent m pers

1. (metonymically) talented person

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French talente

Noun

talent n (plural talente)

1. talent

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnian, Serbian): tàlenat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?lent/
• Hyphenation: ta?lent

Noun

tàlent m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (Croatia) talent

Declension

Welsh

Alternative forms

• talen (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?tal?nt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ta?l?nt/, /?tal?nt/

Etymology 1

talu +? -ent

Verb

talent

1. (literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of talu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin talentum.

Noun

talent m (plural talentau or talenti or talennau)

1. ability, aptitude
2. talent (“coin”)

Derived terms

• talentog (“talented”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “talent”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies