Noun: tableau (tableaux,tableaus) 'ta,blow
- Any dramatic scene
"The protesters created a tableau of silent resistance"
- A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
"The wedding party posed for a tableau vivant at the reception";
- tableau vivant
Derived forms: tableaus, tableaux
Type of: arrangement, aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista
Encyclopedia: Tableau