"trompe l'oeil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɔ̃p ˈlœj/, /ˈtɹɔmp ˈlɔɪ/ [General-American], /-ˈleɪ/ [General-American] Forms: trompe l’oeil [canonical], trompe l’oeil [plural], trompe l’oeils [plural]
enPR: trôɴp löy 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|trompe-l’œil|lit=deceives the eye}} French trompe-l’œil (literally “deceives the eye”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|trompe l’oeil|trompe l’oeils|head=trompe l’oeil}} trompe l’oeil (usually uncountable, plural trompe l’oeil or trompe l’oeils)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Art, Painting Translations (genre of still life painting): trompe-l’œil (Finnish), trompe-l’œil (French), trompe l'oeil [masculine] (Italian), inganna l'occhio [feminine] (Italian), trompe l’oeil [masculine] (Polish), тромплей (tromplej) [masculine] (Russian), опти́ческая иллю́зия (optíčeskaja illjúzija) (Russian), обма́н зре́ния (obmán zrénija) (Russian), trampantojo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-trompe_l'oeil-en-noun-66yuBAqC Disambiguation of Art: 68 32 Disambiguation of Painting: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'genre of still life painting': 68 32
  2. (countable) A painting of this kind. Tags: countable, usually Categories (topical): Painting Translations (painting of this kind): trompe-l’œil (Finnish), optinen illuusio (Finnish), trompe-l’œil (French), trompe l'oeil [masculine] (Italian), inganna l'occhio [feminine] (Italian), trompe l’oeil [masculine] (Polish), тромплей (tromplej) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-trompe_l'oeil-en-noun-Pyq4uhjA Disambiguation of Painting: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'painting of this kind': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quodlibet, trompe l’œil, trompe-l’oeil, trompe-l’œil

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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