filatelie
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
1865, from French philatélie, coined by French stamp collector Georges Herpin (in Le Collectionneur de Timbres-poste, Nov. 15, 1864) from Ancient Greek φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) + ἀτέλεια (atéleia), the closest word he could find in Ancient Greek to the concept of "postage stamp", from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τέλος (télos, “tax”). This word serves as a reminder of the original function of postage stamps, now often forgotten: the cost of letter-carrying formerly was paid by the recipient; stamps indicated it had been pre-paid by the sender, thus the letters were "carriage-free".
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: fi‧la‧te‧lie
Noun edit
filatelie f (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
filatelie f
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French philatélie.
Noun edit
filatelie f (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of filatelie (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (o) filatelie | filatelia |
| genitive/dative | (unei) filatelii | filateliei |
| vocative | filatelie, filatelio | |