entelequia

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧te‧le‧qui‧a === Noun === entelequia f (plural entelequias) alternative spelling of enteléquia === Further reading === “entelequia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “entelequia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin entelechīa, from Ancient Greek ἐντελέχεια (entelékheia). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enteˈlekja/ [ẽn̪.t̪eˈle.kja] Rhymes: -ekja Syllabification: en‧te‧le‧quia === Noun === entelequia f (plural entelequias) (philosophy) entelechy (by extension) pipe dream === Further reading === “entelequia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025