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 Definitions of philately  [ɪˈlæt l i]  

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Definition of 'philately' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) philately
the collection and study of postage and revenue stamps and other material relating to postal or fiscal history.

Etymology:  (< F philatélie (1864) < Gk phil-phil - +atéleia freedom from duties (i.e., recipient's freedom from delivery charges by virtue of the sender's prepayment with a stamp), n. der. of atelēs untaxed =a-a -6+-telēs, adj. der. of télos service, duty; see -y3)

Definition of 'philately' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection
the collection and study of postage stamps


Definition of 'philately' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) philately
the collection of postage stamps of various issues


Definition of 'philately' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  philately
Study of stamps or postal markings. It usually refers to the design and commemorative aspects of the stamp.


Translation of 'philately' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the study and collecting of postage-stamps.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: filatelie Arabic flag Arabic: جَمْع الطَّوابِع البريديّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: филателия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: filatelia Czech flag Czech: filatelie German flag German: die Philatelie
Danish flag Danish: filateli Greek flag Greek: φιλοτελισμός Spanish flag Spanish: filatelia
Estonian flag Estonian: filateelia Farsi flag Farsi: تمبر شناسی و گردآوری آن Finnish flag Finnish: filatelia
French flag French: philatélie Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוּלָאוּת Hindi flag Hindi: टिकट संग्रह
Croatian flag Croatian: skupljanje maraka, filate Hungarian flag Hungarian: bélyeggyűjtés Indonesian flag Indonesian: filateli
Icelandic flag Icelandic: frímerkjasöfnun Italian flag Italian: filatelia Japanese flag Japanese: 切手収集
Korean flag Korean: 우표수집 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: filatelija Latvian flag Latvian: filatēlija
Malay flag Malay: filateli Dutch flag Dutch: filatelie Norwegian flag Norwegian: filateli, samling av frim
Polish flag Polish: filatelistyka Persian flag Persian: تمبر شناسی و گردآوری آن Pashto flag Pashto: نمبر پیژندونکی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: filatelia Romanian flag Romanian: filatelie Russian flag Russian: филателия
Slovak flag Slovak: filatelia Slovenian flag Slovenian: filatelija Serbian flag Serbian: filatelija
Swedish flag Swedish: filateli Thai flag Thai: การสะสมแสตมป์ Turkish flag Turkish: pulculuk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 集郵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: філателія Urdu flag Urdu: ڈاک ٹکٹ جمع کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: việc sưu tầm tem Chinese flag Chinese: 集邮

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