philately

Questions about philately

What does philately mean?

philately means "the collection and study of postage stamps".

How many syllables are in philately?

philately has 4 syllables: phi-lat-e-ly. The stress falls on "lat". In IPA it is /fɪˈlætəli/.

What is another word for philately?

Close synonyms include stamp collecting, stamp collection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is philately a common word?

philately is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.