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origami

/ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmi/

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British/ˌɔɹɪˈɡɑːmɪj/

origami noun: the Japanese art of paper folding.

origami: the Japanese art of paper folding
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Noun

origami (countable and uncountable, plural origamis)

  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...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.

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.

origami meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Pashto

origami in Hindi

Japanese art of paper folding
ऑरगामी ŏrgāmī

origami in Tamil

Japanese art of paper folding
ஒரிகாமி orikāmi

origami in Marathi

Japanese art of paper folding
ओरिगामी origāmī

origami in Pashto

origami
اوريګامي origā́mi
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origami in Tagalog
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origami in Arabic
أُورِيغَامِي ʔuriḡāmī, طَيّ اَلْوَرَق ṭayy al-waraq
origami in Malay
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origami in Indonesian
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origami in Persian
اریگامی origâmi

Forms of origami

Noun
pluralorigamis
Verb
third-person singular presentorigamis
present participleorigamiing
past participleorigamied
pastorigamied

Origin of origami

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

Words formed from origami

Phrases with origami

Words that rhyme with origami

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Questions about origami

What does origami mean?
Origami means the Japanese art of paper folding.
What is origami in Hindi?
Origami in Hindi is ऑरगामी (ŏrgāmī). See Origami meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is origami?
Origami can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce origami?
Origami is pronounced /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmi/ (UK).
What is the plural of origami?
The plural of origami is origamis.

Words near origami in the dictionary

  1. oriflamme
  2. oriflammes
  3. oriform
  4. orig
  5. orig.
  6. origami
  7. origami crane
  8. origami cranes
  9. origamic
  10. origamic architecture
  11. origamically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: origami (page history and authors); اوريګامي (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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