Tableaus Word Meaning

Etymology:

late 17th century (in the sense ‘picture’, figuratively ‘picturesque description’): from French, literally ‘picture’, diminutive of table (see table)

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant

Short Definition:

group of models or motionless figures representing scene from story

Examples:

• in the first act the action is presented in a series of tableaux