tableau

Pronunciation: /tæˈbloʊ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
  2. noun any dramatic scene

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French tableau, from Old French tablel (“a surface which is used primarily for painting”).

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Synonyms

tableau vivant

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
arrangement

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