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talented

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈtæləntɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Endowed with one or more talents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • talented child
  • talented pianist
  • multi-talented student

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

endowed with talent or talents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a gifted writer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gifted

Antonyms: untalented

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English talent English talent English -ed English talented From talent + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: talentvol — endowed with talents
  • Armenian: տաղանդավոր (taġandavor) — endowed with talents
  • Azerbaijani: istedadlı — endowed with talents
  • Azerbaijani: talantlı — endowed with talents
  • Azerbaijani: zəkalı — endowed with talents
  • Azerbaijani: qabilliyətli — endowed with talents
  • Belarusian: таленаві́ты (taljenavíty) — endowed with talents
  • Belarusian: таланаві́ты (talanavíty) — endowed with talents
  • Belarusian: адо́раны (adórany) — endowed with talents
  • Bulgarian: тала́нтлив (talántliv) — endowed with talents
  • Catalan: talentós — endowed with talents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天才 (tiāncái) — endowed with talents
  • Czech: talentovaný — endowed with talents
  • Danish: begavet — endowed with talents
  • Danish: talentfuld — endowed with talents
  • Dutch: getalenteerd — endowed with talents
  • Esperanto: talenta — endowed with talents
  • Finnish: lahjakas — endowed with talents
  • Finnish: etevä — endowed with talents
  • French: doué — endowed with talents
  • French: talentueux — endowed with talents
  • West-Frisian: betûft — endowed with talents
  • German: begabt — endowed with talents
  • German: talentiert — endowed with talents
  • German: begnadet — endowed with talents
  • Greek: ταλαντούχος (talantoúchos) — endowed with talents
  • Hebrew: מוכשר (mukhshar) — endowed with talents
  • Hindi: प्रतिभाशाली (pratibhāśālī) — endowed with talents
  • Hindi: गुणी (guṇī) — endowed with talents
  • Hungarian: tehetséges — endowed with talents
  • Ingrian: etevä — endowed with talents
  • Irish: éirimiúil — endowed with talents
  • Irish: tréitheach — endowed with talents
  • Italian: dotato — endowed with talents
  • Italian: talentuoso — endowed with talents
  • Japanese: 多才 (tasai) — endowed with talents
  • Japanese: 才能のある (sainō no aru) — endowed with talents
  • Kazakh: дарынды (daryndy) — endowed with talents
  • Kazakh: талантты (talantty) — endowed with talents
  • Khmer: ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) — endowed with talents
  • Korean: 재능 있는 (jaeneung inneun) — endowed with talents
  • Latvian: talantīgs — endowed with talents
  • Macedonian: на́дарен (nádaren) — endowed with talents
  • Macedonian: таленти́ран (talentíran) — endowed with talents
  • Macedonian: да́ровит (dárovit) — endowed with talents
  • Macedonian: спо́собен (spósoben) — endowed with talents
  • Māori: waingōhia — endowed with talents
  • Norwegian Bokmål: talentfull — endowed with talents
  • Norwegian Bokmål: begavet — endowed with talents
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: talentfull — endowed with talents
  • Persian: بااستعداد (bâ-este'dâd) — endowed with talents
  • Plautdietsch: begoft — endowed with talents
  • Polish: utalentowany — endowed with talents
  • Portuguese: talentoso — endowed with talents
  • Romanian: talentat — endowed with talents
  • Russian: тала́нтливый (talántlivyj) — endowed with talents
  • Russian: одарённый (odarjónnyj) — endowed with talents
  • Russian: дарови́тый (darovítyj) — endowed with talents
  • Spanish: talentoso — endowed with talents
  • Spanish: dotado — endowed with talents
  • Swedish: begåvad — endowed with talents
  • Tagalog: matalihilig — endowed with talents
  • Telugu: తెలివైన (telivaina) — endowed with talents
  • Turkish: yetenekli — endowed with talents
  • Turkish: kabiliyetli — endowed with talents
  • Ukrainian: таланови́тий (talanovýtyj) — endowed with talents
  • Ukrainian: обдаро́ваний (obdaróvanyj) — endowed with talents
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