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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

  1. (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:
  2. (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:
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

chiyogami · kirigami

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)

origami en · VERB

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

  1. (transitive) To construct by means of decorative paper folding.
    • He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
origamiing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
origamied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
origamied Tense=Past lexicographic
origamis Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic