English Explanatory Dictionary

trompe l'oeil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real.
  2. A painting of this kind.

Pronunciation

trôɴp löy /ˈtɹɔ̃p ˈlœj/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trompe l'oeil.wav /ˈtɹɔmp ˈlɔɪ/ /-ˈleɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trompe l'oeil.wav

Word forms

trompe l'oeil trompe l'oeils trompe l’œil trompe-l’oeil trompe-l’œil

Etymology

Borrowed from French trompe-l’œil (literally “deceives the eye”), from trompe (“deceives”, third-person singular present indicative of tromper) + l’ (“the”, prevocalic form of le) + œil (“eye”).

Synonyms

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