trompe l'oeil
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trompe l'oeil
- /ˈtɹɔ̃p ˈlœj/ UK
- /ˈtɹɔmp ˈlɔɪ/ US
- /-ˈleɪ/ US
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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”).
noun trompe l'oeil · trompe l'oeils · trompe l’œil · trompe-l’oeil · trompe-l’œil
- A genre of painting that exploits human vision to create the illusion that the subject of the painting is real. It looked like a private apartment, and yet it seemed also to be a place of business. It was furnished in decorative style with plastic, trick art objects hanging on the walls, geometrical forms of the trompe l'oeil type that intrigue business people. They are peculiarly vulnerable to art racketeers
- A painting of this kind.
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noun genre of still life painting
| Español | trampantojo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 錯視畫法 /错视画法 |
| Français | trompe-l'œil |
| Italiano | trompe l'oeil, inganna l'occhio |
| Русский | тромплей tromplej, опти́ческая иллю́зия optíčeskaja illjúzija, обма́н зре́ния obmán zrénija |
noun painting of this kind
| Español | trampantojo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 錯視畫 /错视画 |
| Français | trompe-l'œil |
| Italiano | trompe l'oeil, inganna l'occhio |
| Русский | тромплей tromplej |
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