origami
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (origami), from 折り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (kami, “paper”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔɹəˈɡɑmi/, [ˌɔɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi]
- Rhymes: -ɑːmi
Noun edit
origami (countable and uncountable, plural origamis)
- (uncountable) The Japanese art of paper folding.
- (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).
- (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.
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Verb edit
origami (third-person singular simple present origamis, present participle origamiing, simple past and past participle origamied)
- (transitive) To construct by means of decorative paper folding.
- He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
origami
Declension edit
Inflection of origami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | origami | origamit | ||
genitive | origamin | origamien | ||
partitive | origamia | origameja | ||
illative | origamiin | origameihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | origami | origamit | ||
accusative | nom. | origami | origamit | |
gen. | origamin | |||
genitive | origamin | origamien | ||
partitive | origamia | origameja | ||
inessive | origamissa | origameissa | ||
elative | origamista | origameista | ||
illative | origamiin | origameihin | ||
adessive | origamilla | origameilla | ||
ablative | origamilta | origameilta | ||
allative | origamille | origameille | ||
essive | origamina | origameina | ||
translative | origamiksi | origameiksi | ||
abessive | origamitta | origameitta | ||
instructive | — | origamein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “origami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
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Noun edit
origami m (plural origamis)
- (uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
- (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
Pronunciation edit
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origami n (no plural)
- origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
origami (first-person possessive origamiku, second-person possessive origamimu, third-person possessive origaminya)
- origami (the Japanese art of paper folding).
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /o.riˈɡa.mi/, (rare, less-preferred) /oˈri.ɡa.mi/
- Rhymes: -ami, (rare, less-preferred) -iɡami
- Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gà‧mi, (rare, less-preferred) o‧rì‧ga‧mi
Noun edit
origami m (invariable)
- (uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
- (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)
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origami
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 折り紙 (origami), from 折り (ori) + 紙 (kami).
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origami n (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- origami in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
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origami m (plural origamis)
- (chiefly uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
- Synonym: papiroflexia
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Further reading edit
- “origami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From English origami, from Japanese 折り紙.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɔrɪˈɡami/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɔrɪˈɡaːmi/, /ˌɔrɪˈɡami/
Noun edit
origami m (uncountable)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
origami | unchanged | unchanged | horigami |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “origami”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies