origami
The Japanese art of paper foldingThe Japanese art of paper folding.
» Do you like origami?
Ты любишь оригами?
Вам нравится оригами?
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)The Japanese art of paper folding.
Origami
орига́миorigámi
оріґа́міorigámi, оріга́міorihámi
the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
(countable)A piece of art made by folding paper.
(uncountable)The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
(uncountable)The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
(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.
Examples
25 sentencesDo you like origami?
ruТы любишь оригами?
I'm all thumbs, so I'm not very good at origami.
Tom is an origami artist.
Том — митець оріґамі.
ruТом - художник оригами.
deTom ist Origamikünstler.
He told me where to buy origami.
ruОн сказал мне, где купить оригами.
These mathematicians study the mathematics of origami.
deDiese Mathematiker studieren die Mathematik des Origami.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “pBorrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).
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Forms
plural: origamisWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable