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tableau

painting

noun tah-BLOH Less Common
Arts & Culture Visual Arts

Also means

board

Usage Note

Tableau means a painting or picture hanging on a wall, a blackboard (tableau noir), or a chart/table of data (tableau de bord = dashboard). The plural tableaux follows the -eau → -eaux rule. Tableau de bord is also the word for a car's dashboard, and the phrase un beau tableau can describe a pleasing scene.

Examples

"Ce tableau est exposé au Louvre."

Natural Translation

This painting is on display at the Louvre.

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