philatélie

See also: Philatelie

French

Etymology

Coined by French stamp collector Georges Herpin in 1864, derived from Ancient Greek roots. See philately for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.la.te.li/

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Noun

philatélie f (uncountable)

1. philately

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: филателия (filatelija)
• → Catalan: filatèlia
• → Czech: filatelie
• → Danish: filateli
• → Dutch: filatelie
• → English: philately
• → Estonian: filateelia
• → Finnish: filatelia
• → German: Philatelie
• → Hungarian: filatélia
• → Italian: filatelia
• → Norwegian Bokmål: filateli
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: filateli
• → Polish: filatelistyka
• → Portuguese: filatelia
• → Romanian: filatelie
• → Russian: филатели́я (filatelíja)
• → Spanish: filatelia
• → Swedish: filateli
• → Turkish: filateli

Further reading

• “philatélie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.