origami

plural origamis

1. uncountableThe Japanese art of paper folding.

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   JongRak was a 10-year-old boy whose hands, eyes, and questions were all about origami: “Teacher, do you know how to fold a jumping frog?” With his deft little hands, he would teach me and the class how to fold a sunflower and a cicada. At some point, every kid’s little hands and pockets were filled with tiny origami models.

   2022, “Peace Spheres: Ecological Relationship of Self, Others, and the World”, in Building Positive Peace, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025, page 1

2. countableA piece of art made by folding paper.

   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).

   1993, Communication arts

3. uncountableThe materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
4. uncountableThe materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
5. uncountableThe mathematics field that studies folding two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional structures, using folds and creases akin to those in the art of origami.

present singular third person origamis · participle present origamiing · participle past origamied · past origamied

1. transitiveTo construct by means of decorative paper folding.

   He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.