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trompe-l'œil

Spanish, noun/tɾomˈplei/

trompe-l'œil is spelled T-R-O-M-P-E-L-Œ-I-L (10 letters). Trompe-l'œil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “trompe-l'oeil (type of optical illusion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trampantojo”.

What does trompe-l'œil mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetrompe-l'oeil (type of optical illusion)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Trampantojo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce trompe-l'œil?

  • /tɾomˈplei/
  • [t̪ɾõmˈplei̯]
  • [ˈt̪ɾõmpe ˈlojl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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