Etymology

tableau vivant

Today it means: A tableau (group scene resembling a painting). Full definition →

French tableau vivant
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  1. French · borrowed fromtableau vivant
  2. English todaytableau vivant

Borrowed from French tableau vivant (literally “living picture”).

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