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[ ta-bloh, tab-loh ] / tæˈbloʊ, ˈtæb loʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tableau ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural tab·leaux [ta-blohz, tab-lohz], /tæˈbloʊz, ˈtæb loʊz/, tab·leaus.a picture, as of a scene. a picturesque grouping of persons or objects; a striking scene. a representation of a picture, statue, scene, etc., by one or more persons suitably costumed and posed. Solitaire. the portion of a layout to which one may add cards according to suit or denomination. Origin of tableau1690–1700; <French: board, picture, Middle French tablel, diminutive of tabletable Words nearby tableautabinet, tabla, Tablas, tablature, table, tableau, tableau curtain, tableau vivant, Table Bay, table board, tablecloth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tableauA first-rank boulevardier in the 1960s tableau, his wives included one Rita Hayworth. Inside North America’s First Islamic Art Museum|Shinan Govani|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now those are destroyed, too, and the animals are strewn about, bloating and stinking, as if in a tableau of “Guernica.” Inside the Gaza Schoolyard Massacre|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST The tableau of five candidates on stage at first seemed more like a set of high school stereotypes than a political debate. Iowa GOP Senate Debate Shows Divides|Ben Jacobs|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Everybody else was screaming; the noise was overwhelming, the tableau so terrifying that my brain locked up. Don’t Shoot! Why Being a Hero Is Not That Easy|Dan Baum|March 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It contributed to the tableau of grievances inherited by every refugee. Old Problems and New Realities|Ahmed Moor|November 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST The old Moor turns his head as though he does not understand it; but the tableau in front is too dramatic to be lost. Miss Caprice|St. George Rathborne There was a tableau set against the gray, lichen-bossed rocks. A Fortnight of Folly|Maurice Thompson The first tableau of real sublimity, perhaps, occurs in following up a stream called Savage River. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873.|Various His sudden appearance transformed the debate into a tableau. A King of Tyre|James M. Ludlow The excitement was intense; the scene, dramatic, as if they were holding their pose for a tableau. Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for tableau
noun plural -leaux (-ləʊ, -ləʊz) or -leausSee tableau vivant a pause during or at the end of a scene on stage when all the performers briefly freeze in position any dramatic group or scene logic short for semantic tableau Word Origin for tableauC17: from French, from Old French tablel a picture, diminutive of table Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tableauillustration, spectacle, representation, picture, view |