Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tableau \Ta`bleau"\ (t[.a]`bl[=o]" E. t[a^]b"l[=o]`; 277), n.;
pl. {Tableaux} (t[.a]`bl[=o]" E. t[a^]b"l[=o]z`). [F., dim.
fr. L. tabula a painting. See {Table}.]
1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
[1913 Webster]
2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped
in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and
remaining silent and motionless.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Solitaire) The arrangement, or layout, of cards.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tableau
n 1: a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a
painting) [syn: {tableau}, {tableau vivant}]
2: any dramatic scene
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
tableau /tablo/
index; table; tablet; tabulation
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
tableau /tablo/
scene
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