origami

Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹəˈɡɑmi/, [ˌɔɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

origami (countable and uncountable, plural origamis)

2. (uncountable, art) The Japanese art of paper folding.
4. (countable, art) A piece of art made by folding paper.
   • 1993, Communication arts:

     The production notes are folded like the funny origamis that I made in grammar school (only I used to write boy's names inside each section).

5. (uncountable) The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
6. (uncountable) The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
7. (uncountable) The mathematics field that studies folding two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional structures, using folds and creases akin to those in the art of origami.

• chiyogami
• kirigami

origami (third-person singular simple present origamis, present participle origamiing, simple past and past participle origamied)

1. (transitive) To construct by means of decorative paper folding.

   He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami).

• IPA^(key): /ˈoriɡɑmi/, [ˈo̞riˌɡɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ri‧ga‧mi
• Hyphenation^(key): ori‧ga‧mi

origami

1. origami

• “origami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.ɡa.mi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i

origami m (plural origamis)

1. (uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
2. (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)

• órigamí

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrɪkamɪ/

origami n (indeclinable)

1. origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

   Synonym: pappírsbrot (n)

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

• IPA^(key): /o.ri.ɡa.mi/
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

origami (uncountable)

1. origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

• IPA^(key): /o.riˈɡa.mi/, (rare, less-preferred) /oˈri.ɡa.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami, (rare, less-preferred) -iɡami
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gà‧mi, (rare, less-preferred) o‧rì‧ga‧mi

origami m (invariable)

1. (uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
2. (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)

• origamista

• giriamo

origami

1. Rōmaji transcription of おりがみ

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 折り紙 (origami), from 折り (ori) + 紙 (kami).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.riˈɡa.mi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

origami n (indeclinable)

1. (art) origami

• origami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

• IPA^(key): /oɾiˈɡami/ [o.ɾiˈɣ̞a.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

origami m (plural origamis)

1. (chiefly uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

   Synonym: papiroflexia

• pajarita

• “origami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From English origami, from Japanese 折り紙.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌɔrɪˈɡami/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌɔrɪˈɡaːmi/, /ˌɔrɪˈɡami/

origami m (uncountable)

1. origami

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “origami”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies