higiene
Portuguese, noun/i.ʒiˈẽ.ni/
higiene is spelled H-I-G-I-E-N-E (7 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Higiene is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hygiene (conditions and practices that promote and preserve health)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte da medicina que prescreve as regras para conservar a saúde”.
What does higiene mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehygiene (conditions and practices that promote and preserve health)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte da medicina que prescreve as regras para conservar a saúde 2. limpeza 3. asseio
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 higiene
- higienes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce higiene?
- Brazil /i.ʒiˈẽ.ni/
- Brazil /iˈʒjẽ.ni/
- Portugal /iˈʒjɛ.nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to higiene
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is higiene in Portuguese?
higiene appears 8.1 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).