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Added 9 October 2026

tableau

/ˈtæ.bləʊ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tableau at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
Any dramatic scene.

Origin

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

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