leakage

English

Etymology

leak +‎ -age

Noun

leakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)

an act of leaking, or something that leaks
the amount lost due to a leak
an undesirable flow of electric current through insulation
loss of retail stock, especially due to theft
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Translations

act of leaking

Dutch: lekkage (nl) f
Finnish: vuoto (fi)
French: fuite (fr) f
Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)
Italian: perdita (it) f, fuga (it) f

Maori: papītanga
Portuguese: vazamento (pt)
Romanian: pierdere (ro) f
Swedish: läckage (sv) n

amount lost

Dutch: lekkage (nl) f
Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)

Swedish: läckage (sv) n

undesired flow of electric current

Greek: διαρροή (el) f (diarroḯ)
Romanian: scurgere de curent f

Swedish: läckström c

loss of stock

Swedish: svinn (sv)

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