Standard Lemma guide

philatelic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /fɪləˈtɛlɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɛlɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH0 L AH0 T EH1 L AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Jane was a member of the Philatelic Society.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: philatelical

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English philately Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English philatelic From philately + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: filatèlic — relating to stamp collecting
  • Danish: filatelistisk — relating to stamp collecting
  • Dutch: filatelistisch — relating to stamp collecting
  • Finnish: postimerkki- — relating to stamp collecting
  • Finnish: filateelinen — relating to stamp collecting
  • French: philatélique — relating to stamp collecting
  • German: philatelistisch — relating to stamp collecting
  • Hungarian: filatéliai — relating to stamp collecting
  • Irish: stampshanais — relating to stamp collecting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: filatelistisk — relating to stamp collecting
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: filatelistisk — relating to stamp collecting
  • Portuguese: filatélico — relating to stamp collecting
  • Spanish: filatélico — relating to stamp collecting
  • Swedish: filatelistisk — relating to stamp collecting
Real reading context

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