Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tableau
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Tableau
tableau
(tableaux) 1. A tableau is a scene, for example from the Bible, history, or mythology, that consists of a group of people in costumes who do not speak or move. The people are sometimes on a float in a procession. ...tableaux depicting the foundation of Barcelona. N-COUNT 2. A tableau is a piece of art such as a sculpture or painting that shows a scene, especially one from the Bible, history, or mythology. ...Gaudi’s luxuriant stone tableau of the Nativity on the cathedral’s east face. N-COUNT
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noun (plural ~x; also ~s) Etymology: French, from Middle French tablel, diminutive of table, from Old French Date: 1660 1. a graphic description or representation ; picture winsome ~x of old-fashioned literary days — J. D. Hart 2. a striking or artistic grouping ; arrangement, scene 3. short for ~ vivant (from French, literally, living picture) a depiction of a scene usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participants ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. tableaux) 1 a picturesque presentation. 2 = TABLEAU VIVANT. 3 a dramatic or effective situation suddenly brought about. Phrases and idioms tableau curtains Theatr. a pair of curtains drawn open by a diagonal cord. Etymology: F, = picture, dimin. of table: see TABLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. живая картина (также tableau vivant) to present several tableaux from American history —- представить в живых картинах некоторые эпизоды американской истории 2. неожиданная сцена; драматическая ситуация 3. живописная картина; яркое изображение 4. журнал; официальный список highly decorated tableaux —- богато иллюстрированные журналы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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fr. noun 1) живописная картина, яркое изображение 2) живая картина (тж. tableau vivant) 3) неожиданная сцена 4) attr. - tableau curtains TABLEAU curtains theatr. раздвижной занавес ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n a group of people who do not speak or move arranged on stage to show a famous event ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1699, from Fr. tableau "picture, painting," dim. of O.Fr. table "slab, writing tablet" (see table). A picturesque or graphic description or picture. Hence tableau-vivant "person or persons silent and motionless, enacting a well-known scene, incident, painting, etc.," popular parlor game late 19c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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