leaky
Significat (Anglès)
Having leaks; not fully sealed.
Sinònims
water loss
inleakage
leakance
having holes
bleed-off
water leakage
non-watertight
water leak
leak-off
leak of water
leak-off escape
with holes
Traduccions
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈliːki/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
Likely a normalisation ( + -y) of earlier leak, leake, leke (“leaky”, adjective), from Middle English leke (“leaky”), from Old English hlec, *lec (“having cracks or rents; leaky”), from Proto-Germanic *lekaz (“leaking; leaky”). By surface analysis, leak + -y. Cognate with Scots lek, leck (“leaky”), Saterland Frisian läk (“leaky”), Dutch lek (“leaky”), German Low German leck (“leaky”), German leck (“leaky”), Swedish läck (“leaky”), Icelandic lekur (“leaky”).
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