noun
Meaning 1
A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tableau
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: tă-blō'
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UK: /ˈtæ.bləʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /tæˈbloʊ/
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rhymes with -əʊ
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CMU ARPABET: T AH0 B L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A vivid graphic scene of a group of people or objects arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tableau vivant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs").
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, broadly, dated
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noun
Meaning 4
A two-dimensional array or table of data, usually numbers, of various specific kinds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A table that shows constraint violations of a list of candidates given an input and a constraint ranking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: optimality theory
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 7
A semantic tableau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A unit of a play, an opera, or a ballet with change of stage setting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
Meaning 9
any dramatic scene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama
noun
Meaning 10
a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tableau vivant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrangement
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuvaelma — a picture
- Norwegian Bokmål: tablå — a picture
- Spanish: cuadro — a picture
- Swedish: tablå — a picture
- Bulgarian: жива картина (živa kartina) — a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
- Finnish: kuvaelma — a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
- Norwegian Bokmål: tablå — a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
- Spanish: retablo — a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
- Spanish: cuadro vivo — a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
- Swedish: tablå — a vivid scene arranged as in a painting
Real reading context