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origami

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɒrɪˈgɑːmi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌɔrɪˈgɑmi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ôr′i gä′mē)

Inflections of 'origami' (n): npl: origamis

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•ri•ga•mi /ˌɔrɪˈgɑmi/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Fine Artthe Japanese art of folding paper into decorative or representational forms, such as of animals or flowers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•ri•ga•mi  (ôr′i gä′mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mis for 2.
  1. Fine Artthe traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
  2. Fine Artan object made by origami.
  • Japanese, equivalent. to ori fold + -gami, combining form of kami paper
  • 1920–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
origami /ˌɒrɪˈɡɑːmɪ/ n
  1. the art or process, originally Japanese, of paper folding
Etymology: from Japanese, from ori a folding + kami paper
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