🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

fuga di gas

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfuːɡa di ɡaz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gas leak/ɡæs liːk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Chiamate i vigili del fuoco se avvertite una fuga di gas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An unintended escape of flammable or toxic gas from a pipe, container, or system into the surrounding environment.

    "The utility company responded immediately to report a potential gas leak in the residential neighborhood."
  2. 2

    The aperture, crack, or faulty valve through which gas escapes.

    "Technicians used specialized electronic sensors to pinpoint the exact gas leak along the pipeline."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'gas', coined in the 17th century by Dutch chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont (derived from the Greek word 'chaos'), and 'leak', originating from Middle English 'leken', meaning to drip or pass liquid or gas through a crack. Together, the compound phrase became prominent with the widespread industrial use of natural gas and manufactured gas in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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