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From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Norwegian Bokmål lekke (“to leak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“to damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake. (divulgation, disclosure of information): Compare typologically Bulgarian изтичане (iztičane), Polish przeciek, Russian уте́чка (utéčka) (akin to течь impf or f (tečʹ)).

262 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ду́пка (dúpka) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Bulgarian: пролу́ка (prolúka) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 漏洞 (lòudòng) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Czech: díra — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Danish: lækage — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Danish: læk — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Danish: utæthed — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Dutch: lek — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Esperanto: liko — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Finnish: vuoto — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• French: fuite — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• French: voie d'eau — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Galician: goteira — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Galician: fuga — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Galician: pingueira — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• German: undichte Stelle — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• German: Leck — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Hebrew: נְזִילָה (nezilá) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Hindi: रिसाव (risāv) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Hungarian: lék — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Hungarian: rés — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Hungarian: hasadék — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Hungarian: hézag — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Ido: liko — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Irish: poll — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Italian: falla — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Italian: perdita — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Italian: infiltrazione — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Italian: crepa — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Italian: dispersione — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Japanese: 漏れ口 (morekuchi) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Latvian: sūce — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Māori: takerehāia — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Norwegian Bokmål: lekkasje — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Persian: نشت (našt) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Polish: przeciek — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Portuguese: vazamento — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Portuguese: fuga — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Romanian: spărtură — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Russian: течь (tečʹ) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Russian: проте́чка (protéčka) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Russian: пробо́ина (probóina) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Russian: уте́чка (utéčka) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Russian: отто́к (ottók) — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Serbo-Croatian: procep — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Serbo-Croatian: pukotina — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Spanish: gotera — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Spanish: agujero — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Spanish: rotura — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Spanish: vía — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Swedish: läcka — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Tagalog: lagatak — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Welsh: twll — crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
• Arabic: تَسَرُّب (tasarrub) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Belarusian: вы́цек (výcjek) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Bulgarian: теч (teč) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Bulgarian: уте́чка (utéčka) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Chinese Mandarin: 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Czech: průsak — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Danish: lækage — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Danish: læk — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Danish: utæthed — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Dutch: lek — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Finnish: vuoto — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• French: fuite — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Galician: fuga — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• German: Leck — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hindi: रिसाव (risāv) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hungarian: szivárgás — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hungarian: kiszivárgás — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hungarian: beszivárgás — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hungarian: csepegés — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hungarian: kiszökés — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Hungarian: beázás — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Icelandic: leki — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Ido: liko — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Irish: sceitheadh — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Italian: fessura — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Italian: falla — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Italian: fuga — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Italian: crepa — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Japanese: 漏れ (more) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Japanese: リーク (rīku) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Korean: 누설 (nuseol) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Korean: 루설 (ruseol) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Korean: 리크 (rikeu) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Latvian: sūce — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Latvian: tece — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Norwegian: lekkasje — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Polish: przeciek — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Portuguese: vazamento — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Russian: течь (tečʹ) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Russian: проте́чка (protéčka) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Russian: уте́чка (utéčka) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Spanish: pérdida — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Spanish: liqueo — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Spanish: leak — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Spanish: fuga — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Swedish: läcka — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Turkish: sızıntı — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Ukrainian: ви́тік (výtik) — entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
• Arabic: تَسْرِيب (tasrīb) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Armenian: արտահոսք (artahoskʻ) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Belarusian: уце́чка (ucjéčka) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Belarusian: вы́цек (výcjek) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Belarusian: вы́цечка (výcječka) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Bulgarian: изти́чане (iztíčane) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Chinese Mandarin: 透露 (tòulù) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Chinese Mandarin: 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Chinese Mandarin: 洩 /泄 (xiè) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Czech: únik — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Danish: lækage — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Danish: læk — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Finnish: vuoto — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• French: fuite — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• German: Leck — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Hebrew: דְּלִיפָה (dlifá) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Hebrew: הדלפה (hadlafá) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Hungarian: szivárogtatás — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Irish: sceitheadh — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Italian: fuga — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Italian: trapelare — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Japanese: リーク (rīku) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Korean: 리크 (rikeu) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Polish: przeciek — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Portuguese: vazamento — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Portuguese: fuga de informação — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Russian: уте́чка (utéčka) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Russian: слив (sliv) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Spanish: filtración — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Spanish: propalación — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• Ukrainian: ви́тік (výtik) — divulgation, or disclosure, of information
• French: taupe — the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
• Hungarian: szivárogtató — the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
• Hungarian: kiszivárogtató — the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
• Italian: talpa — the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
• Portuguese: vazador — the person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
• Arabic: تَسَرَّبَ (tasarraba) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Azerbaijani: axmaq — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Azerbaijani: (su) keçirmək — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Bashkir: һыу үткәреү (hıw ütkərew) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Bashkir: ағыу (ağıw) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Bashkir: тамсылыу (tamsılıw) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Bulgarian: пропускам (propuskam) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Cherokee: ᎬᎫᏍᎦ (gvgusga) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Chinese Cantonese: 漏 (lau6) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Chinese Mandarin: 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Chinese Mandarin: 漏 (lòu) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Cornish: devera — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Danish: lække — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Dutch: lekken — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Esperanto: liki — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Finnish: vuotaa — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• French: fuir — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• German: lecken — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• German: tropfen — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Greek: διαρρέω (diarréo) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Hawaiian: kulu — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Hindi: रिसना (risnā) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Hungarian: szivárog — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Hungarian: ereszt — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Hungarian: átereszt — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Hungarian: csepeg — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Ido: likar — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Indonesian: bocor — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Ingrian: nestää — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Ingrian: mehtää — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Italian: perdere — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Italian: percolare — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Japanese: 漏れる (moreru) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Korean: 새다 (saeda) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Latin: pereo — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Malay: bocor — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Malayalam: ചോരുക (cōruka) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Māori: turu — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Māori: turuturu — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Māori: papī — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Māori: mapi — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Mongolian: гоожих (goožix) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Norwegian Bokmål: lekke — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Norwegian Bokmål: ta inn vann — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Polish: (np. o dachu) przeciekać — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Polish: przeciec — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Portuguese: vazar — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Russian: течь (tečʹ) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Russian: протека́ть (protekátʹ) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Serbo-Croatian: curiti — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: gotear — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: perder — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: chorrear — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: filtrar — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: liquear — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: escapar — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: fugar — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: tener una fuga — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: tener fugas — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Spanish: salírsele — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Swedish: läcka — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Thai: รั่ว (rûua) — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Turkish: sızdırmak — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Unami: wëntpe — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Unami: psëntpe — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Vietnamese: làm rò rỉ — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Welsh: gollwng — (of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
• Bulgarian: изтичам (iztičam) — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Finnish: vuotaa — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Hawaiian: kulu — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Hindi: रिसाव (risāv) — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Hungarian: szivárog — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Hungarian: szökik — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Hungarian: csepeg — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Hungarian: folyik — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Italian: trapelare — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Malayalam: ചോരുക (cōruka) — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Māori: turu — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Māori: turuturu — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Māori: pahī — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Māori: komama — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Polish: ulatniać — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Polish: ulotnić — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Portuguese: vazar — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: percolar — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: filtrar — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: filtrarse — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: fugarse — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: salirse — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: tener goteras — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Spanish: gotear — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Tamil: ஒழுகு (oḻuku) — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Turkish: sızmak — (of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
• Arabic: سَرَّبَ (sarraba) — to reveal secret information
• Chinese Mandarin: 漏 (lòu) — to reveal secret information
• Danish: lække — to reveal secret information
• Dutch: lekken — to reveal secret information
• Finnish: vuotaa — to reveal secret information
• German: durchsickern — to reveal secret information
• German: durchstechen — to reveal secret information
• German: leaken — to reveal secret information
• Greek: διαρρέω (diarréo) — to reveal secret information
• Hebrew: טפטף (tiftéf) — to reveal secret information
• Hungarian: kiszivárogtat — to reveal secret information
• Hungarian: szivárogtat — to reveal secret information
• Italian: far trapelare — to reveal secret information
• Italian: trapelare — to reveal secret information
• Italian: filtrare — to reveal secret information
• Japanese: 漏らす (morasu) — to reveal secret information
• Japanese: リークする (rīku suru) — to reveal secret information
• Japanese: ばれる (bareru) — to reveal secret information
• Malayalam: ചോർത്തുക (cōṟttuka) — to reveal secret information
• Norwegian: lekke — to reveal secret information
• Polish: (tajne informacje) przeciekać — to reveal secret information
• Portuguese: vazar — to reveal secret information
• Spanish: filtrar — to reveal secret information
• Spanish: propalar — to reveal secret information
• Spanish: pregonar — to reveal secret information
• Spanish: parlar — to reveal secret information
• Spanish: delatar — to reveal secret information
• Swedish: läcka — to reveal secret information
• Vietnamese: tiết lộ — to reveal secret information