filatelie

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: fi‧la‧te‧lie

Noun

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filatelie f (uncountable)

  1. philately
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Italian

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Noun

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filatelie f

  1. plural of filatelia

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French philatélie.

Noun

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filatelie f (uncountable)

  1. philately

Declension

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