A Topical Dictionary: Search for tableau

Dictionary Results For "tableau" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

From French tableau#French|tableau < Old French tablel, "a surface which is used primarily for painting"

Pronunciation

Noun

a striking and vivid representation; a picture
a vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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French

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-tableau.ogg
IPA: lang=fr
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /ta.blO/

Noun

painting
picture (a captured image)
board (on which to write)
table (arrangement of rows and columns)
chart

Derived terms

tableau noir

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]

WordNet tableau
n 1: a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a
painting) [syn: tableau vivant]
2: any dramatic scene
[also: tableaux (pl)]

Moby Dictionary
Grand Guignol , Passion play , Tom show , abstract , abstraction ,
act drop , altarpiece , antimasque , arrangement , asbestos ,
asbestos board , audience success , backdrop , ballet , batten ,
block print , bomb , border , broadcast drama , burlesque show ,
charade , cliff hanger , closet drama , cloth , collage , color print ,
comedy drama , composition , copy , cosmorama , coulisse ,
counterweight , critical success , curtain , curtain board , cyclorama ,
daub , daytime serial , decor , dialogue , diorama , diptych , display ,
documentary drama , drama , dramalogue , dramatic play ,
dramatic series , drop , drop curtain , duodrama , duologue , effect ,
engraving , epic theater , exhibit , exhibition , experimental theater ,
exposition , extravaganza , failure , fire curtain , flat , flipper ,
flop , fresco , gasser , georama , giveaway , grouping , hanging ,
happening , hit , hit show , icon , illumination , illustration , image ,
improvisational drama , legitimate drama , light show , likeness ,
masque , melodrama , miniature , minstrel show , miracle , miracle play ,
monodrama , monologue , montage , morality , morality play , mosaic ,
mural , music drama , musical revue , myriorama , mystery ,
mystery play , opera , pageant , pageantry , panel show , panorama ,
pantomime , parade , pastoral , pastoral drama , phantasmagoria ,
photograph , picture , piece , play , playlet , pomp , presentation ,
print , problem play , psychedelic show , psychodrama , quiz show ,
radio drama , rag , representation , reproduction , review , revue ,
scene , scenery , screen , sensational play , serial , shifting scene ,
show , side scene , sight , sitcom , situation comedy , sketch , skit ,
soap , soap opera , sociodrama , spectacle , stage play , stage screw ,
stage show , stained glass window , stencil , still life ,
straight drama , success , suspense drama , tab , tableau vivant ,
talk show , tapestry , teaser , teleplay , television drama ,
television play , theater of cruelty , tormentor , total theater ,
transformation , transformation scene , triptych , variety show ,
vaudeville , vaudeville show , vehicle , wall painting , wing , wingcut ,
woodcut , word-of-mouth success , work