origami en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɐːmi/ (Australia)
- /ˌɔɹɪˈɡame/ (Scotland)
- /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌoɹəˈɡɑmi/ (US)
- [ˌɔ̟ɹəˈɡɐːmi] (New-Zealand)
- /ˌɒɹəˈɡɐːmi/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˌoɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi] (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-mɪ/ (Scotland)
- /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɑːmɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /-mi/ (Scotland)
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The Japanese art of paper folding.
JongRak was a 10-year-old boy whose hands, eyes, and questions were all about origami: “Teacher, do you know how to fold a jumping frog?” With his deft little hands, he would teach me and the class how to fold a sunflower and a cicada. At some point, every kid’s little hands and pockets were filled with tiny origami models.
2022, “Peace Spheres: Ecological Relationship of Self, Others, and the World”, in Building Positive Peace, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025, page 1:
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(countable) A piece of art made by folding paper.
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).
1993, Communication arts:
- (uncountable) The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
- (uncountable) The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| origamis | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
teabag folding · cootie catcher · paperfolding
Deriveds
scorigami · origamilike · thick origami · weathergami · origami crane · origamist · origamic · cablegami · microorigami · toilegami · aerogami · origamically
Relateds
Translations (48)
it origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · da origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · is origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · nl origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · ms origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · pl origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · id origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · uk оріга́мі (Japanese art of paper folding) · sh орига̑ми (Japanese art of paper folding) · sq fletëpalosje (Japanese art of paper folding) · he אוֹרִיגָמִי (Japanese art of paper folding) · et origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · cmn 折紙藝術 /折纸艺术 (Japanese art of paper folding) · ca papiroflèxia (Japanese art of paper folding) · cy origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · fi origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · hu origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · br origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · sh origȃmi (Japanese art of paper folding) · es papiroflexia (Japanese art of paper folding) · fr origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · ja 折り紙 (Japanese art of paper folding) · ga oragámaí (Japanese art of paper folding) · cs origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · ar طَيّ اَلْوَرَق (Japanese art of paper folding) · io origamio (Japanese art of paper folding) · tl origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · uk оріґа́мі (Japanese art of paper folding) · de Origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · mi whētuitui pepa (Japanese art of paper folding) · cmn 折紙 /折纸 (Japanese art of paper folding) · tr origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · ja 折紙 (Japanese art of paper folding) · pt origâmi (Japanese art of paper folding) · eo origamio (Japanese art of paper folding) · ar أُورِيغَامِي (Japanese art of paper folding) · ru орига́ми (Japanese art of paper folding) · gl papiroflexia (Japanese art of paper folding) · hi ऑरगामी (Japanese art of paper folding) · no origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · ta ஒரிகாமி (Japanese art of paper folding) · mr ओरिगामी (Japanese art of paper folding) · es origami (Japanese art of paper folding) · el οριγκάμι (Japanese art of paper folding) · fa اریگامی (Japanese art of paper folding) · cmn 摺紙 /折纸 (Japanese art of paper folding) · ko 종이접기 (Japanese art of paper folding) · sv origami (Japanese art of paper folding)