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seepage

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the process of seeping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ooze, oozing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flow, flowing

Narrower terms: exudation, transudation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English seep 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 seepage From seep + -age.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: просмукване (prosmukvane) — process
  • Czech: průsak — process
  • Finnish: tihkuminen — process
  • Galician: filtración — process
  • German: Versickerung — process
  • German: Einsickerung — process
  • Hebrew: הסתננות (histanenút) — process
  • Hungarian: szivárgás — process
  • Māori: papītanga — process
  • Polish: wyciek — process
  • Portuguese: infiltração — process
  • Russian: проса́чивание (prosáčivanije) — process
  • Russian: инфильтра́ция (infilʹtrácija) — process
  • Spanish: filtración — process
  • Spanish: penetración — process
  • Spanish: exudación — process
  • Ukrainian: просо́чування (prosóčuvannja) — process
  • Bulgarian: утечка (utečka) — water
  • Dutch: kwel — water
  • Polish: wyciek — water
  • Russian: инфильтра́т (infilʹtrát) — water
  • Spanish: filtración — water
  • Turkish: sızıntı — water