Standard Lemma guide

leakage

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: L IY1 K AH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of leaking, or something that leaks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • water leakage
  • data leakage
  • prevent leakage
  • Engineers discovered leakage in the fuel tank.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The amount lost due to a leak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: sound recording

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the discharge of a fluid from some container

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
  • he had to clean up the leak

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: escape, leak, outflow

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discharge, outpouring, run

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English leak Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English leakage From leak + -age.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَسْرِيب (tasrīb) — act of leaking
  • Armenian: արտահոսք (artahoskʻ) — act of leaking
  • Belarusian: це́ча (cjéča) — act of leaking
  • Belarusian: вы́цек (výcjek) — act of leaking
  • Belarusian: уце́чка (ucjéčka) — act of leaking
  • Bulgarian: теч (teč) — act of leaking
  • Bulgarian: уте́чка (utéčka) — act of leaking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu) — act of leaking
  • Czech: únik — act of leaking
  • Dutch: lekkage — act of leaking
  • Finnish: vuoto — act of leaking
  • French: fuite — act of leaking
  • German: Leck — act of leaking
  • Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ) — act of leaking
  • Hindi: रिसाव (risāv) — act of leaking
  • Irish: sileadh — act of leaking
  • Italian: perdita — act of leaking
  • Italian: fuga — act of leaking
  • Japanese: リーク (rīku) — act of leaking
  • Japanese: 漏れ (more) — act of leaking
  • Korean: 누설 (nuseol) — act of leaking
  • Korean: 루설 (ruseol) — act of leaking
  • Māori: papītanga — act of leaking
  • Khiamniungan Naga: êm — act of leaking
  • Polish: przeciek — act of leaking
  • Portuguese: vazamento — act of leaking
  • Romanian: pierdere — act of leaking
  • Russian: течь (tečʹ) — act of leaking
  • Russian: уте́чка (utéčka) — act of leaking
  • Slovak: únik — act of leaking
  • Spanish: derrame — act of leaking
  • Spanish: fuga — act of leaking
  • Spanish: filtración — act of leaking
  • Swedish: läckage — act of leaking
  • Turkish: sızıntı — act of leaking
  • Ukrainian: те́ча (téča) — act of leaking
  • Ukrainian: ви́тік (výtik) — act of leaking
  • Bulgarian: фира (fira) — amount lost
  • Dutch: lekkage — amount lost
  • Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ) — amount lost
  • Swedish: läckage — amount lost
  • Bulgarian: утечка (utečka) — undesired flow of electric current
  • Greek: διαρροή (diarroḯ) — undesired flow of electric current
  • Romanian: scurgere de curent — undesired flow of electric current
  • Swedish: läckström — undesired flow of electric current
  • Swedish: svinn — loss of stock