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philatéliste

French, noun/fi.la.te.list/

philatéliste is a French feminine noun meaning “philatelist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui collectionne les timbres, les affranchissements postaux ou fiscaux”.

What does philatéliste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinephilatelist

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Personne qui collectionne les timbres, les affranchissements postaux ou fiscaux.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of philatéliste

  • philatélistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce philatéliste?

  • /fi.la.te.list/
  • \fi.la.te.list\
  • [fi.la.te.list]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to philatéliste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is philatéliste in French?

philatéliste appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).