teleologia
Portuguese, noun/te.le.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
teleologia is spelled T-E-L-E-O-L-O-G-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teleologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “teleology (study of the purpose of occurrences)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “teoria que defende que a especificidade de um ser tem a ver com o fim a que esse ser está destinado, ao invés…”.
What does teleologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineteleology (study of the purpose of occurrences)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. teoria que defende que a especificidade de um ser tem a ver com o fim a que esse ser está destinado, ao invés de se explicar por causas anteriores 2. crença de que os meios são determinados pelos fins
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of teleologia
- teleologias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teleologia?
- Brazil /te.le.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɛ.lju.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teleologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teleologia in Portuguese?
teleologia appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).