entéléchie
French, noun/ɑ̃.te.le.ʃi/
entéléchie is a French feminine noun meaning “entelechy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réalisation de ce qui était en puissance, par laquelle l’être trouve sa perfection (tradition…”.
What does entéléchie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineentelechy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réalisation de ce qui était en puissance, par laquelle l’être trouve sa perfection (tradition aristotélicienne). 2. Choses abstraites qui contentent l’esprit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entéléchie
- entéléchies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entéléchie?
- /ɑ̃.te.le.ʃi/
- \ɑ̃.te.le.ʃi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entéléchie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entéléchie in French?
entéléchie appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).