tableau Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ta`bleau" noun
Etymology
F., dim. fr. L. tabula a painting. See Table.
Wordforms
plural Tableaux
Definitions
  1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
  2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.

Webster 1913