origâmi
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- origami (unadapted form)
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 折り紙 (origami), from 折り (ori) + 紙 (kami).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾiˈɡɐ̃.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ɾiˈɡɐ.mi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ɾiˈɡɐ.mi/ [ɔ.ɾiˈɣɐ.mi]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmi, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
- Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gâ‧mi
Noun
origâmi m (plural origâmis)
- (uncountable) origami (Japanese art of paper folding)
- (countable) origami (piece of art made by folding paper)
Further reading
- “origâmi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “origâmi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026