origami

See also Origami

English

Wikipedia

Paper cranes folded through origami.

Etymology

From Japanese 折り紙 (origami)

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).

Related terms

• kirigami

Translations

the Japanese art of paper folding

• Arabic: أوريغامي (ar) ('urighaami) m, طي الورق (ar) (Tayy al-wáraq) m
• Catalan: origami (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 折紙 (cmn), 折纸 (cmn) (zhézhǐ), 折紙藝術 (cmn), 折纸艺术 (cmn) (zhézhǐ yìshù)

• Czech: origami (cs) n
• Dutch: origami (nl)
• Finnish: origami (fi)
• French: origami (fr) m
• German: Origami (de) n
• Hebrew: אוֹרִיגָמִי (he) (origami) m
• Hungarian: origami (hu)
• Icelandic: origami (is) n

• Italian: origami (it)
• Japanese: 折り紙 (ja), 折紙 (ja) (おりがみ, origami)
• Korean: 종이접기 (ko) (jongijeomgi)
• Malay: origami (ms)
• Marathi: ओरिगामी (mr) (origāmī) f
• Norwegian: origami (no) m
• Polish: origami (pl) n
• Russian: оригами (ru) (origámi) n  (indeclinable)
• Spanish: papiroflexia (es) f
• Swedish: origami (sv) c
• Turkish: origami (tr)

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French

Etymology

Japanese 折り紙

Noun

origami m (plural origamis)

1. (chiefly singular) origami

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Icelandic

Noun

origami (uncountable)

1. origami

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Japanese

Romanization

origami

1. See おりがみ

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 折り紙 (origami)

Noun

origami n (indeclinable)

1. origami