ἐντελέχεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Coined by Aristotle from ἐντελής (entelḗs, complete, full, accomplished) + ἔχειν (ékhein, have, hold).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐντελέχειᾰ • (entelékheia) f (genitive ἐντελεχείᾱς); first declension

  1. entelechy

Inflection

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: entelexiya
  • Basque: entelekia
  • Catalan: entelèquia
  • Czech: entelechie
  • Danish: enteleki
  • Dutch: entelechie
  • English: entelechy
  • Esperanto: entelekio
  • Estonian: entelehhia
  • Finnish: entelekia
  • French: entéléchie
  • German: Entelechie
  • Greek: εντελέχεια (entelécheia)
  • Italian: entelechia
  • Polish: entelechia
  • Portuguese: entelequia
  • Romanian: entelehie
  • Russian: энтеле́хия f (enteléxija)
  • Slovak: entelechia
  • Spanish: entelequia
  • Swedish: enteleki
  • Ukrainian: ентелехія (entelexija)

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