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leakage

/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
leak-age
IPA
/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of leaking, or something that leaks.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The amount lost due to a leak.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

leakages (plural)

Derived Forms

antileakage endoleakage inleakage microleakage

Phrases

carbon leakage cash leakage leakage current search leakage

Synonyms

escape leak outflow

Questions

How do you pronounce leakage?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/.
What does leakage mean?
An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
Where does leakage come from?
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.

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