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[edit] English

Paper cranes folded through origami.

[edit] Etymology

From Japanese 折り紙 (origami)

[edit] Noun

Singular
origami

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural origamis

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).

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origami (uncountable)

  1. The Japanese art of paper folding.

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

origami (hiragana おりがみ)

  1. 折り紙, 折紙: origami