Meaning

5 senses
  1. (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)

  2. (countable)A piece of art made by folding paper.

  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.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Do you like origami?

    ruТы любишь оригами? — ZegPhig

  2. I'm all thumbs, so I'm not very good at origami.

  3. Tom is an origami artist.

    Том — митець оріґамі. — deniko

    ruТом - художник оригами. — marafon

    deTom ist Origamikünstler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. He told me where to buy origami.

    ruОн сказал мне, где купить оригами. — marafon

  5. These mathematicians study the mathematics of origami.

    deDiese Mathematiker studieren die Mathematik des Origami. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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, “p

Borrowed 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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