frimärke

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of Danish frimærke. Compound of fri (“free”) +‎ märke (“mark”). Meaning that it marked the letter as free to receive; as formerly it was the receiver who paid for postage. First attested in 1853. === Pronunciation === === Noun === frimärke n a postage stamp Synonym: frankering Hypernym: porto Coordinate terms: frankostämpel, portokod, poststämpel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== frankera (“put postage stamps on”) poststämpel (“postmark”) === References === “frimärke”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “frimärke”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)