Dictionary

philatelist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /fɪˈlætəlɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree English philately Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English philatelist From philately + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who collects and studies postage stamps.
   • M. Laruelle, who had been born in Languion, in the Moselle country, but whose father, a rich philatelist of remote habits, had moved to Paris, usually spent his summer holidays as a boy with his parents in Normandy. 1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 1, in Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock:

Forms

Deriveds

astrophilatelist · aerophilatelist

Synonyms

stamp collector

Translations (49)

rue філателі́ста (a person who studies or collects stamps) · da frimærkesamler (a person who studies or collects stamps) · sv filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · et filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · tr pulcu (a person who studies or collects stamps) · be філатэлі́ст (a person who studies or collects stamps) · ru филатели́ст (a person who studies or collects stamps) · ja 切手収集家 (a person who studies or collects stamps) · is frímerkjasafnari (a person who studies or collects stamps) · nl filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · de Philatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · hu bélyeggyűjtő (a person who studies or collects stamps) · el φιλοτελίστρια (a person who studies or collects stamps) · tr filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · es filatélico (a person who studies or collects stamps) · cs sběratel (a person who studies or collects stamps) · ca filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · gl filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · et margikoguja (a person who studies or collects stamps) · uk філателі́ст (a person who studies or collects stamps) · bg филателист (a person who studies or collects stamps) · nl postzegelverzamelaar (a person who studies or collects stamps) · de Philatelistin (a person who studies or collects stamps) · be філатэлі́стка (a person who studies or collects stamps) · de Briefmarkensammlerin (a person who studies or collects stamps) · es filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · de Briefmarkensammler (a person who studies or collects stamps) · pt filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · fi filatelisti (a person who studies or collects stamps) · uk філателі́стка (a person who studies or collects stamps) · sv frimärkssamlare (a person who studies or collects stamps) · el φιλοτελιστής (a person who studies or collects stamps) · fr philatéliste (a person who studies or collects stamps) · nn frimerkesamlar (a person who studies or collects stamps) · cs filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · nb frimerkesamler (a person who studies or collects stamps) · nb filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · da filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · pl filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · pl filatelistka (a person who studies or collects stamps) · sk filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · nn filatelist (a person who studies or collects stamps) · he אספן בולים (a person who studies or collects stamps) · cmn 集郵家 /集邮家 (a person who studies or collects stamps) · kl fritidsklubi (a person who studies or collects stamps) · fi postimerkkeilijä (a person who studies or collects stamps) · hu filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps) · ru филатели́стка (a person who studies or collects stamps) · it filatelista (a person who studies or collects stamps)