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Definition of trompe l’œil noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trompe l’œil

noun
 
/ˌtrɒmp ˈlɔɪ/
 
/ˌtrɔːmp ˈlɔɪ/
(plural trompe l’œils
 
/ˌtrɒmp ˈlɔɪ/
 
/ˌtrɔːmp ˈlɔɪ/
)
(from French)
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  1. a painting or design intended to make the person looking at it think that it is a real object
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