epísteme
Portuguese, noun/eˈpis.te.mi/
epísteme is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “episteme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na filosofia grega, conhecimento verdadeiro, científico, em oposição à opinião infundada e irrefletida”.
What does epísteme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineepisteme
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. na filosofia grega, conhecimento verdadeiro, científico, em oposição à opinião infundada e irrefletida 2. segundo Michel Foucault, paradigma geral sobre o qual se estruturam os saberes científicos
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 epísteme
- epístemes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce epísteme?
- Brazil /eˈpis.te.mi/
- /eˈpiʃ.te.mi/
- Portugal /iˈpiʃ.tɨ.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to epísteme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is epísteme in Portuguese?
epísteme appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).