Origami
[awr-i-gah-mee] /ˌɔr ɪˈgɑ mi/
noun, plural origamis for 2.
1.
the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
2.
an object made by origami.
/ˌɒrɪˈɡɑːmɪ/
noun
1.
the art or process, originally Japanese, of paper folding
n.
1956, from Japanese origami, from ori “fold” + kami “paper.”
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