origami

noun

ori·​ga·​mi ˌȯr-ə-ˈgä-mē 

: the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes

Examples of origami in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When exposed to a magnetic field, the film acts like an actuator, contracting, bending, or folding the origami, effectively turning it into a tiny, controllable robot. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025

Sunday brunch has become the restaurant’s busiest seating, with a roster of regulars, one of whom likes to pay with origami. —Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

Google Slides also can’t match Microsoft PowerPoint’s vaster range of fonts, templates, and visual effects (complex animations and transitions, such as origami, paper airplanes, and much more). —PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025

Demonstrations on site will include blacksmithing, crochet, origami and stain glass/mosaics and others. —Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Japanese, from ori fold + kami paper

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for origami

• actuary
• antiquary
• bolsheviki
• calliope
• chelicerae
• covenantee
• cruciferae
• diastole
• distributee
• hyperbole
• interviewee
• phonology

Kids Definition

origami

noun

ori·​ga·​mi ˌȯr-ə-ˈgäm-ē 

: the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes