Leak

English

Etymology

Middle English leken from Old Norse leka "to leak, drip" or Template:Dum[[Category:Template:Dum derivations|Leak]] leken "to leak, drip", both from Proto-Germanic *lek- (“‘deficiency’”). Akin to Old English leccan "to water", Old High German lecchen "to become dry". More at leach, lake

Pronunciation

• enPR: lēk, IPA: /liːk/, SAMPA: /li:k/

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• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophones: leek

Noun

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Singular Leak

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1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.

   a leak in a roof

   a leak in a boat

   a leak in a gas pipe

2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.

   The leak gained on the ship's pumps.

3. The person through whom information, especially secret information, escapes.

   The press must have learned about the plan through a leak.

Translations

hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape

Finnish: vuoto fi(fi) German: undichte Stelle f., Leck n. Greek: διαρροή el(el) (diarroí) f. Norwegian: lekkasje no(no) m.

Russian: течь ru(ru) (t'eč) f., протечка ru(ru) (prot'éčka) Spanish: gotera es(es), agujero es(es) Swedish: läcka sv(sv) c.

entrance or escape of a fluid

Finnish: vuoto fi(fi) German: Leck de(de) n. Greek: διαρροή el(el) (diarroí) f. Icelandic: leki is(is) m. Italian: fessura it(it) f.

Norwegian: lekkasje no(no) m. Polish: przeciek pl(pl) Russian: течь ru(ru) (t'eč) f., протечка ru(ru) (prot'éčka), утечка ru(ru) (ut'éčka) f. Swedish: läcka sv(sv) c.

person through whom information escapes

Finnish: vuoto fi(fi) Greek: διαρροή el(el) (diarroí) f. Italian: falla it(it) f.

Norwegian: en som lekker no(no) Russian: утечка ru(ru) (ut'éčka) f. Swedish: läcka sv(sv) c.

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Dutch: lek Italian: falla f. Portuguese: rachadura f. (1)

Spanish: pérdida f.

Verb

Infinitive to Leak

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to Leak (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed.

   The faucet has been leaking since last month.

2. To reveal secret information.

   Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.

Translations

to allow fluid to escape or enter

Arabic: تسرب (tasáraba) Chinese: 漏 (lòu) Dutch: lekken nl(nl) Finnish: vuotaa fi(fi) French: fuir fr(fr) German: (ship, pipe) lecken de(de), (faucet) tropfen de(de) Hungarian: szivárog hu(hu), csepeg hu(hu) Italian: perdere it(it)

Japanese: 漏れる (もれる, moreru) Korean: 새다 (saeda) Norwegian: lekke no(no) Polish: (np. o dachu) przeciekać pl(pl) Portuguese: vazar pt(pt) Russian: течь ru(ru) (teč’) (impf.), протекать ru(ru) (protekát’) (impf.) Spanish: gotear es(es) Swedish: läcka sv(sv)

to reveal secret information

Finnish: vuotaa fi(fi) German: durchsickern de(de) Hungarian: kiszivárogtat hu(hu) Italian: far trapelare it(it)

Norwegian: lekke no(no) Polish: (tajne informacje) przeciekać pl(pl) Swedish: läcka sv(sv)

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French: fuir (1) Greek: διαρρέω

Slovene: puščati (1) Spanish: salirse Turkish: sızmak

Anagrams

• aekl,
• kale
• lake

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