origami
French
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) origami the Japanese art of paper folding
- (countable) origami piece of art made by folding paper
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙.
Origin
Japanese
折り紙
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- origami English
- origami Finnish
- Origami German
- origami Italian
- origamique French
- origamiquement French
- оригами Russian
- origami Spanish, Castilian
- origâmi Portuguese
- 折り紙 Japanese
- 折る Japanese
- 紙 Japanese
- origami Polish
- origami Icelandic
- اریگامی Persian
- origami Indonesian
- אוריגמי Hebrew (modern)
- 摺紙 Chinese
- اوريګامي Pashto, Pushto