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Is origami a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word origami is a Scrabble US word. The word origami is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is origami a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word origami is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

O1R1I1G2A1M3I1

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O1R1I1G3A1M4I1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ORIGAMI,

6-letter words (1 found)

MOIRAI,

5-letter words (7 found)

AMIGO,GROMA,IMAGO,IMARI,MOIRA,MORIA,ORGIA,

4-letter words (24 found)

AGIO,AGRO,AMIR,GAIR,GARI,GIRO,GORA,GORI,GORM,GRAM,GRIM,MAGI,MAIR,MARG,MIRI,MIRO,MOAI,MORA,OGAM,RAGI,RAMI,RIMA,ROAM,ROMA,

3-letter words (29 found)

AGO,AIM,AIR,AMI,ARM,GAM,GAR,GIO,GOA,GOR,MAG,MAR,MIG,MIR,MOA,MOG,MOI,MOR,OAR,OMA,ORA,ORG,RAG,RAI,RAM,RIA,RIG,RIM,ROM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AG,AI,AM,AR,GI,GO,IO,MA,MI,MO,OI,OM,OR,

You can make 75 words from origami according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of origami

origami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔɹəˈɡɑmi/, [ˌɔɹɪ̈ˈɡɑmi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

origami (countable and uncountable, plural origamis)

  1. (uncountable) The Japanese art of paper folding.
  2. (countable) A piece of art made by folding paper.
  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.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • chiyogami
  • kirigami

Translations

Verb

origami (third-person singular simple present origamis, present participle origamiing, simple past and past participle origamied)

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

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoriɡɑmi/, [ˈo̞riˌɡɑ̝mi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmi
  • Syllabification(key): o‧ri‧ga‧mi

Noun

origami

  1. origami

Declension

Further reading

  • “origami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁi.ɡa.mi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

origami m (plural origamis)

  1. (uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
  2. (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɔːrɪkamɪ/

Noun

origami n (no plural)

  1. origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.ri.ɡa.mi/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

Noun

origami (first-person possessive origamiku, second-person possessive origamimu, third-person possessive origaminya)

  1. origami (the Japanese art of paper folding).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.riˈɡa.mi/, (rare, less-preferred) /oˈri.ɡa.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami, (rare, less-preferred) -iɡami
  • Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gà‧mi, (rare, less-preferred) o‧rì‧ga‧mi

Noun

origami m (invariable)

  1. (uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
  2. (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)

Derived terms

  • origamista

Anagrams

  • giriamo

Japanese

Romanization

origami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おりがみ

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 折り紙 (origami), from 折り (ori) + 紙 (kami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.riˈɡa.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

Noun

origami n (indeclinable)

  1. (art) origami

Further reading

  • origami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami), from 折り (おり, ori, “to fold”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾiˈɡami/ [o.ɾiˈɣ̞a.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: o‧ri‧ga‧mi

Noun

origami m (plural origamis)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)
    Synonym: papiroflexia

Coordinate terms

  • pajarita

Further reading

  • “origami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Welsh

Etymology

From English origami, from Japanese 折り紙.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɔrɪˈɡami/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌɔrɪˈɡaːmi/, /ˌɔrɪˈɡami/

Noun

origami m (uncountable)

  1. origami

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “origami”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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