origami

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The Japanese art of paper folding.
A piece of art made by folding paper.
The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
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.

verb

/ˌɒ.ɹɪˈɡɑː.mɪ/ /ˌɔ.ɹəˈɡɑ.mi/ [ˌɔɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-origami.wav

origami origamis origamiing origamied

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

chiyogami kirigami

aerogami cablegami microorigami origamic origamically origami crane origamilike origamist scorigami thick origami toilegami weathergami

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