Definition of Tableau

1. Noun. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).

Exact synonyms: Tableau Vivant
Generic synonyms: Arrangement

2. Noun. Any dramatic scene.
Generic synonyms: Aspect, Panorama, Prospect, Scene, View, Vista

Definition of Tableau

1. n. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.

2. n. The arrangement, or layout, of cards.

Definition of Tableau

1. Noun. a striking and vivid representation; a picture ¹

2. Noun. a vivid graphic scene of a group of people arranged as in a painting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tableau

1. a picture [n -LEAUX or -LEAUS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tableau

table rapping
table salt
table saw
table saws
table service
table soccer
table stakes
table talk
table tapping
table tennis
table tilting
table tipping
table turning
table wine
tableau (current term)
tableau vivant
tableaus
tableaux
tablebase
tablebases
tablebook
tablebooks
tablecloth
tableclothed
tablecloths
tabled
tablefork
tableful
tablefuls

Literary usage of Tableau

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Suisse Zool., Genève. 10, 1902, (231). Sima I'oger, tableau des ... tableau dt-í ouvrières, list of species with localities. ..."

2. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... of Lord Tenterden— Denman made Lord Chief Justice—tableau of Holland House—The Speakership—Horne and Campbell Attorney- and Solicitor-General— The Court ..."

3. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1905)
"... that the general laws, known or unknown, which regulate the phenomena of the universe are necessary and 1 tableau des Progres dc I'Esprit Humain. ..."

4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Suisse Zool., Genève. 10, 1902, (231). Sima I'oger, tableau des ... tableau dt-í ouvrières, list of species with localities. ..."

5. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... of Lord Tenterden— Denman made Lord Chief Justice—tableau of Holland House—The Speakership—Horne and Campbell Attorney- and Solicitor-General— The Court ..."

6. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1905)
"... that the general laws, known or unknown, which regulate the phenomena of the universe are necessary and 1 tableau des Progres dc I'Esprit Humain. ..."

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