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tableau definition

tab·leau (tab′lō′, ta blō′)

noun pl. tableaux -·leaux′ (-lōz′, -blōz′) or tableaus -·leaus

  1. a striking, dramatic scene or picture
  2. tableau vivant

Etymology: Fr < OFr tablel, dim. of table: see table

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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