tableau

English

Etymology

From French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: tă-blō', IPA: /ˈtæb.ləʊ/

Noun

tableau (plural tableaux or tableaus)

1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
2. A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting.

Translations

a picture

a vivid scene arranged as in a painting

• Spanish: retablo (es) m, cuadro vivo (es) m

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ta.blo/, X-SAMPA: /ta.blo/

Noun

tableau m (plural tableaux)

1. painting
2. picture (a captured image)
3. board (on which to write)
4. table (arrangement of rows and columns)
5. chart

Derived terms

• tableau noir