noun
Meaning 1
The Japanese art of paper folding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
origami
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmi/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɑːmɪj/
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US: /ˌoɹəˈɡɑmi/
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US: [ˌoɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi]
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Australian: /ˌɔɹɪˈɡɐːmi/
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New-Zealand: /ˌɒɹəˈɡɐːmi/
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New-Zealand: [ˌɔ̟ɹəˈɡɐːmi]
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Scotland: /ˌɔɹɪˈɡame/
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Scotland: /-mɪ/
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Scotland: /-mi/
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rhymes with -ɑːmi
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CMU ARPABET: AO2 R IY0 G AA1 M IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A piece of art made by folding paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To construct by means of decorative paper folding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: art, artistic creation, artistic production
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: fletëpalosje — Japanese art of paper folding
- Arabic: أُورِيغَامِي (ʔuriḡāmī) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Arabic: طَيّ اَلْوَرَق (ṭayy al-waraq) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Breton: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Catalan: papiroflèxia — Japanese art of paper folding
- Chinese Mandarin: 摺紙 /折纸 (zhézhǐ) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Chinese Mandarin: 折紙 /折纸 (zhézhǐ) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Chinese Mandarin: 折紙藝術 /折纸艺术 (zhézhǐ yìshù) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Czech: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Danish: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Dutch: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Esperanto: origamio — Japanese art of paper folding
- Estonian: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Finnish: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- French: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Galician: papiroflexia — Japanese art of paper folding
- German: Origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Greek: οριγκάμι (origkámi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Hebrew: אוֹרִיגָמִי (origámi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Hindi: ऑरगामी (ŏrgāmī) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Hungarian: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Icelandic: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Ido: origamio — Japanese art of paper folding
- Indonesian: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Irish: oragámaí — Japanese art of paper folding
- Italian: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Japanese: 折り紙 — Japanese art of paper folding
- Japanese: 折紙 (origami) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Korean: 종이접기 (jong'ijeopgi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Malay: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Māori: whētuitui pepa — Japanese art of paper folding
- Marathi: ओरिगामी (origāmī) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Norwegian: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Persian: اریگامی (origâmi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Polish: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Portuguese: origâmi — Japanese art of paper folding
- Russian: орига́ми (origámi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Serbo-Croatian: орига̑ми — Japanese art of paper folding
- Serbo-Croatian: origȃmi — Japanese art of paper folding
- Spanish: papiroflexia — Japanese art of paper folding
- Spanish: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Swedish: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Tagalog: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Tamil: ஒரிகாமி (orikāmi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Turkish: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
- Ukrainian: оріґа́мі (origámi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Ukrainian: оріга́мі (orihámi) — Japanese art of paper folding
- Welsh: origami — Japanese art of paper folding
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