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- [awr-i-gah-mee]
- /ˌɔr ɪˈgɑ mi/
- /ˌɒr.ɪˈɡɑː.mi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [awr-i-gah-mee]
- /ˌɔr ɪˈgɑ mi/
Definitions of origami word
- noun plural origami the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers. 1
- noun plural origami an object made by origami. 1
- noun origami The Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures. 1
- noun origami Japanese art of paper folding 1
- uncountable noun origami Origami is the craft of folding paper to make models of animals, people, and objects. 0
- noun origami the art or process, originally Japanese, of paper folding 0
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Origin of origami
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
1920-25; < Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + -gami, combining form of kami paper
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Parts of speech for Origami
noun
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pronoun
preposition
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origami popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
origami usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with origami
- how to make origami?
- how to make an origami crane?
- how to make an origami heart?
- how to do origami?
- how to make a origami?
- how to make an origami box?
- how to make an origami rose?
- how to make an origami owl?
- how to make origami crane?
- how to make a origami crane?
- how to make origami flowers?
- how to make an origami swan?
- how to make an origami?
- how to origami?
- how to make a origami rose?
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