"tableau vivant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tableaux vivants [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French tableau vivant (literally “living picture”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tableau vivant|lit=living picture}} French tableau vivant (literally “living picture”) Head templates: {{en-noun|tableaux vivants}} tableau vivant (plural tableaux vivants)
  1. (art) A tableau (group scene resembling a painting). Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-tableau_vivant-en-noun-p6f4UUIv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Topics: art, arts

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