The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tableau vivant \Ta`bleau" vi`vant"\ (t[.a]`bl[=o]" v[-e]`v[aum]N"); pl. Tableaux vivants (t[.a]`bl[=o]" v[-e]`v[aum]N"). [F.] Same as Tableau, n., 2. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tableau vivant n 1: a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting) [syn: tableau, tableau vivant]