EPI
Portuguese, noun/ˌeˌpeˈi/
EPI is spelled E-P-I (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). EPI is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acronym of equipamento de proteção individual (“PPE (personal protective equipment)”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does EPI mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacronym of equipamento de proteção individual (“PPE (personal protective equipment)”)
prefix
- 1
epi- (above, over, on, in addition to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. equipamento de proteção individual
prefix: 1. elemento de formação das palavras com sentido geral de "em cima", "acima de", "sobre", "por fora de", como em epiderme ou episcopal 2. elemento de formação das palavras com o significado de algo "secundário", "acessório", como em epifenômeno 3. elemento vocabular que relaciona termos biológicos ligados à epigenética, como epiclone
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 EPI
- EPIs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce EPI?
- Brazil /ˌeˌpeˈi/
- Portugal /ˌeˌpeˈi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to EPI
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is EPI in Portuguese?
EPI appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).