bicolour

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adjective

Having two colours

“The national flags of Algeria, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine and the Vatican City are all bicolours.”

Similar
bichromebicoloureddichromaticduocolortwo-tonebicolorbicoloredcolored
OriginLatin bicolor →
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Meanings

adjectivebicolour (not comparable)

alternative US bicolor

  1. not comparableCommonwealth spellingHaving two colours

    Synonyms: bichrome, bicoloured, dichromatic, duocolor, two-tone

nounbicolour (plural bicolours)

plural bicolours · alternative US bicolor

  1. Commonwealth spellingA flower, cat etc., that has two colours.
  2. Commonwealth spellingA flag with such colours, consisting of two stripes that are either vertical or horizontal.

    The national flags of Algeria, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine and the Vatican City are all bicolours.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving two colours

Similar
bichromebicoloureddichromaticduocolortwo-tone

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving two colors

Similar
bicolorbicoloredbicolouredbichromedichromaticcoloredcolouredcolorful
Also see
bichromebicolouredcoloredcolorfulcolouredcolourfuldichromaticduocolortwo-tone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbicolor
  2. Englishbicolour

From Latin bicolor; also analyzable as bi- + colour.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Basque bi-kolorekoa, bi-kolore
  • bi-kolorekoahaving two colours
  • bi-kolorehaving two colours
Bulgarian двуцветен
  • двуцветен (dvucveten)having two colours
Chinese Mandarin 二色的
  • 二色的 (èrsè de)having two colours
Danish tofarvet
  • tofarvethaving two colours
Finnish kaksivärinen
  • kaksivärinenhaving two colours
French bichrome, bicolore
  • bichromehaving two colours
  • bicolorehaving two colours
Hindi दुरंगा, दुरंगा
  • दुरंगा (duraṅgā)having two colours
  • दुरंगा (duraṅgā)flag with two stripes
Italian bicolore
  • bicolorehaving two colours
Japanese 二色
  • 二色 (nishoku)having two colours
Korean 이색
  • 이색 (isaek)having two colours
Latin bicolor, bicolōrus
  • bicolorhaving two colours
  • bicolōrushaving two colours
  • dichrōushaving two colours
Norwegian Bokmål tofarget
  • tofargethaving two colours
Polish dwukolorowy, dwubarwny
  • dwukolorowyhaving two colours
  • dwubarwnyhaving two colours
Scottish Gaelic dà-dhathach
  • dà-dhathachhaving two colours
Spanish bicolor
  • bicolorhaving two colours
Swedish tvåfärgad
  • tvåfärgadhaving two colours
Tagalog duhangkulayin
  • duhangkulayinhaving two colours
Turkish iki renkli
  • iki renklihaving two colours
Cite this entry
APA

bicolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicolour

MLA

“bicolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicolour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bicolour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicolour.

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