filatelie

== Dutch == === Etymology === 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 === Hyphenation: fi‧la‧te‧lie === Noun === filatelie f (uncountable, no diminutive) philately ==== Related terms ==== filatelistisch filatelist == Italian == === Noun === filatelie f plural of filatelia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French philatélie. === Noun === filatelie f (uncountable) philately ==== Declension ====