Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaker

/lˈikɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: leak-er
IPA: /lˈikɚ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Somebody who leaks information.

noun

Anything that leaks.

Example Sentences

"Whereas the government had to dig up a nearly 150-year-old case to support its aiding-the-enemy charge, it has had an easier time using the Espionage Act against Manning and other leakers."
"The team decided on a group comparison with eight leakers and eight nonleakers. They selected eight trucks that had failed the leak test with an upper ditch leak. Obtaining trucks that did not leak was more difficult […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English leak Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English leaker From leak + -er.

Inflected Forms

leakers (plural)

Derived Forms

nonleaker

Rhymes With

speaker weaker seeker sneaker beaker meeker bleecker sleeker squeaker bleeker streaker bleaker

Questions

How do you pronounce leaker?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈikɚ/.
What does leaker mean?: Somebody who leaks information.
Where does leaker come from?: Etymology tree English leak Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English leaker From leak + -er.

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