tableau
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).
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Noun [edit]
tableau (plural tableaux or tableaus)
- A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
- A vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting.
Translations [edit]
a picture
a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
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French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
tableau m (plural tableaux)
- painting
- picture (a captured image)
- board (on which to write)
- table (arrangement of rows and columns)
- chart