tableau.
A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
Meaning & usage
A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
A vivid graphic scene of a group of people or objects arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.
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").
A two-dimensional array or table of data, usually numbers, of various specific kinds.
A table that shows constraint violations of a list of candidates given an input and a constraint ranking.
Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.
A semantic tableau.
A unit of a play, an opera, or a ballet with change of stage setting.
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.