natural abilities or qualities
"Her talent for painting was evident from the very first brushstroke she made on a blank canvas."
a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
"The judges were surprised to see that the shy teenager had such raw talent for playing the violin without any formal training."
A marked natural ability or skill.
"Her talent for improvising jazz melodies is something she was born with rather than learned through practice."
In plain English: Talent is a natural ability to do something well without needing lots of practice.
"She has a real talent for playing the piano."
Usage: Use "talent" to describe an innate, exceptional aptitude in a specific area rather than general intelligence or learned knowledge. It often functions as both a countable noun referring to distinct skills and an uncountable mass noun when discussing the concept of giftedness broadly.
A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
"After visiting Talent, we realized how quickly a small town could capture our hearts despite being just a brief stop on our road trip through the Willamette Valley."
The word "talent" originally referred to a specific Greek unit of weight and money before entering English via Middle English. Its modern figurative meaning, describing natural ability or ambition, developed later from the Biblical story of the parable of the talents.