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語源

Borrowed from Japanese 折(お)り紙(がみ) (origami), from 折(お)り (ori, “to fold”) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹəˈɡɑmi/, [ˌɔɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi]
• 韻: -ɑːmi

名詞

origami (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 origamis)

1. (uncountable) The Japanese art of paper folding.
2. (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).

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.

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派生語

関連する語

• chiyogami
• kirigami

動詞

origami (三人称単数 現在形 origamis, 現在分詞 origamiing, 過去形および過去分詞形 origamied)

1. (transitive) To construct by means of decorative paper folding.

   He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.