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/

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

origami (countable and uncountable, plural origamis)

1. (uncountable) The Japanese art of paper folding.
2. (countable) 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).

3. (uncountable) The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
4. (uncountable) The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
5. (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/, [ˈo̞riˌɡɑmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ri‧ga‧mi

origami

1. origami

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/

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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)

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 (no plural)

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.ri.ɡa.mi/
• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

origami (first-person possessive origamiku, second-person possessive origamimu, third-person possessive origaminya)

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

origami n (indeclinable)

1. (art) origami

• origami in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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