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Definition: Trompe-l'oeil |
Trompe-l'oeilAdjective1. Creating the illusion of seeing reality; "the visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Trompe-l'oeilSynonyms: eye-deceiving (adj), trompe-l'oeil(a) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Trompe-l'oeil |
| English words defined with "trompe-l'oeil": eye-deceiving. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Trompe-l'oeil (1974) | |
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| "Trompe-l'oeil" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Trompe-l'oeil" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "trompe-l'oeil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | trompe-l'oeil. (various references) | ||||
French | trompe-l'oeil. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | トロイヤ群 (toilette, tongs, ton-kilometer, Tonkin, Toronto, Trojan group, trolleybus, trombone, TRON, trophy, tropical, tropical drink, tropical fish, tropical fruits, tropical plant, trot, Trotskism, Trotskist, truck, tunnel, tunnel diode, twilight, you and I). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | トロンプルイユ . (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ompe-l'oeiltray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-e-e-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-4 letters: eolopile, impeller, impellor. | |
-5 letters: emptier, epitome, implore, loopier, melilot, morelle, morello, motlier, perlite, petiole, poitrel, politer, premolt, promote, reptile, rollmop, rolltop, timolol, tremolo, trollop. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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