[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/origami/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) / origami

# origami

noun (origami — uncountable)

«origami» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes like birds, animals and boxes, usually without cutting or glue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#m1)

### In the lessons

In art and maths lessons, origami teaches following steps, symmetry, fractions (folding in half, quarters) and shapes (squares, triangles). A famous model is the paper crane; in Japan, folding 1000 cranes is linked to wishes and peace. Phrases: «origami crane», «origami paper», «fold an origami frog».

### Examples

- We made an origami frog that can jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x1)
- Origami usually starts with a square piece of paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x2)
- Folding the paper in half makes two equal rectangles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x3)
- Sadako folded origami cranes while she was in hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x4)
- Origami helped us learn about lines of symmetry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x5)
- My nan taught me origami on a rainy day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «some origami», «an origami model» (not «an origami» in careful speech). Japanese word: «ori» = fold, «kami» = paper. Pronounced or-i-GAH-mee. Similar art: kirigami (folding and cutting).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «origami» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«origami» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/origami.html) on Mova free.