Tableau

See also: tableau

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French tableau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taˈbloː]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

Tableau n (strong, genitive Tableaus, plural Tableaus)

1. (theater, film) tableau (arrangement of actors on stage or screen)
2. (dated) painting
3. (Austria) display poster
4. (Austria) table, chart, ranking
5. (Austria, dated) tenant directory
6. (literary criticism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of Tableau [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tableau	die	Tableaus
genitive	eines	des	Tableaus	der	Tableaus
dative	einem	dem	Tableau	den	Tableaus
accusative	ein	das	Tableau	die	Tableaus

Further reading

• “Tableau” in Duden online