origami

origami

See also: Origami and origâmi

English

paper cranes (折(おり)鶴(づる) (orizuru)) folded through origami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/

• Audio (UK)

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

Noun

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.

Coordinate terms

• cootie catcher
• paperfolding
• teabag folding

Derived terms

• aerogami
• cablegami
• origamic
• origamically
• origamilike
• origamist
• thick origami

 

Related terms

• chiyogami
• kirigami

Translations

the Japanese art of paper folding

Albanian: fletëpalosje (sq) f Arabic: أُورِيغَامِي‎ m (ʾuriḡāmī), طَيّ اَلْوَرَق‎ m (ṭayy al-waraq) Breton: origami m Catalan: papiroflèxia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 摺紙／折纸 (zh), 折紙／折纸 (zh) (zhézhǐ), 折紙藝術／折纸艺术 (zhézhǐ yìshù) Czech: origami (cs) n Danish: origami (da) c Dutch: origami (nl) Esperanto: origamio Estonian: origami (et) Finnish: origami (fi) French: origami (fr) m Galician: papiroflexia f German: Origami (de) n Greek: οριγκάμι (el) n (origkámi) Hebrew: אוֹרִיגָמִי‎ (he) m (origámi) Hindi: ऑरगामी m (ŏrgāmī) Hungarian: origami (hu) Icelandic: origami n Ido: origamio Indonesian: origami (id) Irish: oragámaí m Italian: origami (it) m Japanese: 折り紙, 折紙 (おりがみ, origami) Korean: 종이접기 (ko) (jong'ijeopgi) Malay: origami (ms) Marathi: ओरिगामी f (origāmī) Norwegian: origami m Persian: اریگامی‎ (origâmi) Polish: origami (pl) n Portuguese: origâmi (pt) m Russian: орига́ми (ru) n (origámi) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: орига̑ми m Roman: origȃmi (sh) m Spanish: papiroflexia (es) f, origami (es) m Swedish: origami c Tagalog: origami Tamil: ஒரிகாமி (ta) (orikāmi) Turkish: origami (tr) Ukrainian: оріґа́мі n (origámi), оріга́мі n (orihámi) Welsh: origami m

Verb

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.

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

origami

1. origami

Declension

Inflection of origami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		origami	origamit
genitive		origamin	origamien
partitive		origamia	origameja
illative		origamiin	origameihin
		singular	plural
nominative		origami	origamit
accusative	nom.	origami	origamit
	gen.	origamin
genitive		origamin	origamien
partitive		origamia	origameja
inessive		origamissa	origameissa
elative		origamista	origameista
illative		origamiin	origameihin
adessive		origamilla	origameilla
ablative		origamilta	origameilta
allative		origamille	origameille
essive		origamina	origameina
translative		origamiksi	origameiksi
instructive		—	origamein
abessive		origamitta	origameitta
comitative		—	origameineen

Possessive forms of origami (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	origamini	origamimme
2nd person	origamisi	origaminne
3rd person	origaminsa

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.ɡa.mi/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

origami m (plural origamis)

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

Derived terms

• origamique
• origamiquement
• origamiste

 

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrɪkamɪ/

Noun

origami n (no plural)

1. origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

Noun

origami m (invariable)

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

Derived terms

• origamista

Anagrams

• giriamo

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Japanese

Romanization

origami

1. Rōmaji transcription of おりがみ

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.riˈɡa.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

Noun

origami n (indeclinable)

1. (art) origami

Further reading

• origami in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• origami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

origami m (plural origamis)

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

   Synonym: papiroflexia

Coordinate terms

• pajarita

Further reading

• “origami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Welsh

Etymology

From English origami, from Japanese 折り紙.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

origami m (uncountable)

1. origami

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
origami	unchanged	unchanged	horigami
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• 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