How to pronounce deltiologist
American English pronunciation
del-tee-OL-uh-jist
- IPA
- /ˌdɛltiˈɑlədʒɪst/
- Syllables
- del · tee · OL · uh · jist (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What deltiologist means
A person who collects picture postcards
In a sentence: The deltiologist showed us a postcard of the beach from a hundred years ago.
Where it comes from: It's deltiology, the hobby of collecting postcards, plus -ist, an ending for a person who does something.
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