chiyogami en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtʃɪjəʊˈɡɑːmɪ/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 千代紙 (ちよがみ, chiyogami, “gaily colored paper”, literally “paper of a thousand worlds”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) The repeating pattern found in many origami papers, originally applied with wood blocks, but now mainly using silkscreen techniques.