trompe-l'oeil

1. 1.

   creating the illusion of seeing reality

   “the visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art”

   Synonymseye-deceiving

   Similarunreal

Questions about trompe-l'oeil

What does trompe-l'oeil mean?

trompe-l'oeil means "creating the illusion of seeing reality".

How many syllables are in trompe-l'oeil?

trompe-l'oeil has 4 syllables and divides as trom-pe--l'o-eil under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for trompe-l'oeil?

Close synonyms include eye-deceiving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.