tableau (redirected from tableaus)

tab·leau  (tbl, t-bl)

n. pl. tab·leaux or tab·leaus (tblz, t-blz)

1. A vivid or graphic description: The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life.

2. A striking incidental scene, as of a picturesque group of people: "New public figures suddenly abound in the hitherto faceless totalitarian tableaux" (John McLaughlin).

3. An interlude during a scene when all the performers on stage freeze in position and then resume action as before.

4. A tableau vivant.

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[French, from Old French tablel, diminutive of table, surface prepared for painting; see table.]

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tableau [ˈtæbləʊ]

n pl -leaux [-ləʊ -ləʊz], -leaus

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) See tableau vivant

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a pause during or at the end of a scene on stage when all the performers briefly freeze in position

3. any dramatic group or scene

4. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic short for semantic tableau

[from French, from Old French tablel a picture, diminutive of table]

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Tableau a group of persons and props used to produce a picturesque effect, 1813.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tableau - a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting) tableau vivant arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"
	2.	tableau - any dramatic scene panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene, prospect - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"

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tableau

noun picture, scene, representation, arrangement, spectacle a nativity tableau

Translations

tableau [ˈtæbləʊ] N (tableaux or tableaus (pl)) [ˈtæbləʊz] (Art, Theat) → cuadro m (vivo)

tableau

n pl <-s or -x> (Art, Theat) → Tableau nt; (fig) → Bild nt, → Szene f

tableau [ˈtæbləʊ] n (tableaux (pl)) (Theatre) → quadro vivente

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tableau [ˈtæbləʊ] n (tableaux (pl)) (Theatre) → quadro vivente