philately

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) Stamp collecting.
2. (countable, uncountable) The study of postage stamps, postal routes, postal history, etc.

Concetti

filatelia

filatelica

sinonimi

stamp collecting

stamp collection

collection

stamp-collecting

collection of stamps

postal history

Traduzioni

philatélie

Philatelie

filatelia

filatelie

filatelia

φιλοτελισμός

postzegelkunde

pulculuk

filatèlia

pul kolleksiyonculuğu

col·lecció

Briefmarkenkunde

Sammlung

συλλογή γραμματοσήμων

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fɪˈlæt.ə.li/

Etimologia (Inglese)

First use appears c. 1865. Borrowed 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”.