origami
Portuguese, noun
origami is spelled O-R-I-G-A-M-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Origami is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “unadapted form of origâmi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, origâmi is a different word: “origami (Japanese art of paper folding)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver origâmi”.
What does origami mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunadapted form of origâmi
noun
- 1
masculineorigami (Japanese art of paper folding)
- 2
masculineorigami (piece of art made by folding paper)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dobradura de papel artística que toma forma que representa animais, flores, veículos etc
noun: 1. ver origâmi
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of origami
- origamis plural
- origâmis plural
- origami alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to origami
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is origami in Portuguese?
origami appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).