noun
pl. tab·leaux vi·vants a representation of a scene, picture, etc. by a person or group in costume, posing silently without moving
Origin of tableau vivant
Fr, living tableautableau vivant
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tableau vivant
noun
pl. tab·leaux vi·vants,A scene presented on stage by actors who remain silent and motionless as if in a picture.
Origin of tableau vivant
French tableau picture vivant livingTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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French, "living picture".
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