tableaux

We have found lemma(root) word of tableaux : tableau.

Definitions


[ˈtabləʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant
(e.g: in the first act the action is presented in a series of tableaux)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (in the sense ‘picture’, figuratively ‘picturesque description’): from French, literally ‘picture’, diminutive of table (see table)




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