TABLEAUX | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Tableau

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

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

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈtabləʊ
Dialects: British English
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

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