filatelia
Portuguese, noun/fi.la.teˈli.ɐ/
filatelia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “philately (stamp collecting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estudo e coleção dos selos postais dos diversos países”.
What does filatelia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephilately (stamp collecting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estudo e coleção dos selos postais dos diversos países
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of filatelia
- filatelias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filatelia?
- Brazil /fi.la.teˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /fi.lɐ.tɨˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /fi.lɐ.tɨ.ˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filatelia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filatelia in Portuguese?
filatelia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).