leaky

Meaning

Having leaks; not fully sealed.

Synonyms

tattling

leakage

leaking

blabbermouthed

leak

talebearing

oozy

porous

punctured

runny

streaming

sweat

😓

water loss

worn

worn-out

inleakage

leakance

having holes

bleed-off

water leakage

non-watertight

water leak

leak-off

leak of water

leak-off escape

cracked

with holes

deliquescent

dripping

drippy

incontinent

oozing

Translations

leck

undicht

agujereado

llovedizo

🌧️

resquebrajado

che perde

ناضح

esburacado

tagarela

incontinente

permeável

poroso

mal vedado

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈliːki/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: leke

Inherited from Old English: hlec

Cognate with Scots: lek

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: läk

Cognate with Dutch: lek

Cognate with German: leck

Cognate with Swedish: läck

Cognate with Icelandic: lekur

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”).