origami

[ awr-i-gah-mee ]

noun,plural o·ri·ga·mis for 2.
  1. the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.

  2. an object made by origami.

Origin of origami

1
1920–25; <Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + -gami, combining form of kami paper

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origami

/ (ˌɒrɪˈɡɑːmɪ) /


noun
  1. the art or process, originally Japanese, of paper folding

Origin of origami

1
from Japanese, from ori a folding + kami paper

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