Talk:philately

Etymology

Can anyone check the etymology? According to the Oxford dictionary, it does not come from telos meaning a toll? I don't speak greek and am somewhat hamstrung.

atelīa is the state (-īa) of being without (a-) tolls (tel-os). All my dictionaries give this etymology... what does the Oxford one say? —Muke Tever 21:29, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, I think I found the answer. there is a great source called "the online etymology" which gives the definitioni have put in here for the most part. Andrew Massyn

Pronunciation

This word is not the easiest to figure out how to pronounce. I know a little French, so the French word clued me in on how to pronounce "philately", but I had to go to another site that had a spoken version to be sure. Any way a pronunciation can be included on this entry? I'm not familiar with Wiktionary's policies on this. Thanks! – Keraunoscopia 05:29, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Verb

Is there a verb version of this: philateling, philateled, philatels? "Couldn't we just stop philateling?" --75.71.229.53 05:38, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

No verb. For a verb, you would say that you collect stamps. There is the slang word philateling, and it is well understood, but it's a colloquialism, slang. There is no verb forms such as "philatel" or "philateled". You might get by with phelate, as in phelate for postage stamps, but it would probably be misunderstood. —Stephen ^(Talk) 06:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC)