tableau vivant

[ ta-bloh vee-vahn ]

/ ta bloʊ viˈvɑ̃ /

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noun, plural ta·bleaux vi·vants [ta-bloh vee-vahn]. /ta bloʊ viˈvɑ̃/. French.

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Origin of tableau vivant

Literally, “living picture”

Words nearby tableau vivant

Tablas, tablature, table, tableau, tableau curtain, tableau vivant, Table Bay, table board, tablecloth, table corn, table cut

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A first-rank boulevardier in the 1960s tableau, his wives included one Rita Hayworth.
Inside North America’s First Islamic Art Museum|Shinan Govani|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now those are destroyed, too, and the animals are strewn about, bloating and stinking, as if in a tableau of “Guernica.”
Inside the Gaza Schoolyard Massacre|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tableau of five candidates on stage at first seemed more like a set of high school stereotypes than a political debate.
Iowa GOP Senate Debate Shows Divides|Ben Jacobs|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The next minute they are frozen in an eerie, extended tableau vivant——a still-life that's not actually still.
‘A Field in England’ Is a Psychedelic Cinematic Trip|Andrew Romano|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jean-Dominique Vivant Denon, the first director of the Louvre Museum, had the same plan.
Inside Hitler’s Fantasy Museum|Noah Charney|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mr. K— was a bon vivant as well as an accomplished teacher; he liked a sly illusion no less than a careful preparation.
Tales and Fantasies|Robert Louis Stevenson
The Tableau des Saints is a still more severe criticism of the heroes of Christendom.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
Her interruption of the tableau sounded oddly abrupt to ears used to her pleasant accents.
At Last|Marion Harland
The curtain fell on a tableau: the Holidays, with their flags and banners, old Father Time, and the happy children.
The Story of the Big Front Door|Mary Finley Leonard
Let me enjoy the beauty of the tableau, no matter how it is produced.
Pharaoh's Broker|Ellsworth Douglass

British Dictionary definitions for tableau vivant

tableau vivant

/ French (tablo vivɑ̃) /

noun plural tableaux vivants (tablo vivɑ̃)

a representation of a scene, painting, sculpture, etc, by a person or group posed silent and motionless

Word Origin for tableau vivant

C19: literally: living picture

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noun, plural ta·bleaux vi·vants [ta-bloh vee-vahn]. /ta bloʊ viˈvɑ̃/. French.

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noun plural tableaux vivants (tablo vivɑ̃)

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