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leakage

Syllables: leak·age/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/

leakage noun: an act of leaking, or something that leaks.

leakage: water droplet
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Noun

leakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)

  1. An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
    • water leakage
    • data leakage
  2. The amount lost due to a leak.
  3. An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
  4. Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
  5. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
  6. The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.

leakage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

leakage in Hindi

act of leaking
रिसाव risāv

leakage in Tamil

கசிவு, கசிவு ஒழுக்கு, மறை வெளிப்பாடு, ஒழுக்கு, பொசிவு, ஒழுகல்

leakage in Kannada

ಸೋರಿಕೆ, ಸೋರಿ ಹೋದದ್ದು, ಸ್ರವಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಸ್ರಾವ, ಸೋರಿಹೋದ ವಸ್ತುವಿನ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ

leakage in Arabic

act of leaking
تَسْرِيب tasrīb

Examples of leakage in a sentence

  • The closed-ear design provides ample protection from sound leakage during podcast recording.
  • If the crack is seeping water, the foam totally stops the leakage.
  • Progressive hyperfluorescence with late leakage was considered a sign of lesion activity.

All 20 example sentences with leakage

Forms of leakage

pluralleakages

Plural of leakage: leakages

Origin of leakage

From leak + -age.

Words formed from leakage

Phrases with leakage

Questions about leakage

What does leakage mean?
Leakage means an act of leaking, or something that leaks.
What is leakage in Hindi?
Leakage in Hindi is रिसाव (risāv). See Leakage meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is leakage?
Leakage is a noun.
How do you pronounce leakage?
Leakage is pronounced /ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of leakage?
The plural of leakage is leakages.

Words near leakage in the dictionary

  1. leak
  2. leak like a sieve
  3. leak out
  4. leak-proof
  5. leakable
  6. leakage
  7. leakage current
  8. leakage currents
  9. leakages
  10. leakance
  11. leakances

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leakage (page history and authors); leakage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leakage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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