tricolor

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proper noun

the French flag

Similar
trichromatictrichromecoloredcolouredcolorfultricolour
OriginEnglish color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur →
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Meanings

tricolor1

adjectivetricolor (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparablestandardUS standard spelling of tricolour.
nountricolor (plural tricolors)

plural tricolors

  1. USstandardUS standard spelling of tricolour.

Tricolor2

proper noun

alternative Tricolour

  1. the French flag
  2. the Irish flag
  3. the Italian flag

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or involving three colors

Similar
trichromatictrichromecoloredcolouredcolorful

nouna flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)

Similar
tricolour
Broader
flag
Also see
trichromatictrichrometricolour

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

tricolor · adjective, noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  8. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  9. Old Latincolōs
  10. Latincolor
  11. Old Frenchcolor
  12. Anglo-Normancolur
  13. Middle Englishcolour
  14. Englishcolor
  15. Englishtricolor

From tri- + color.

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Tricolor · proper noun

From tri- + color.

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Translations

French Tricolore
  • TricoloreFrench flag
Italian Tricolore
  • TricoloreItalian flag
Polish flaga francuska, flaga irlandzka
  • flaga francuskaFrench flag
  • flaga irlandzkaIrish flag
  • flaga włoskaItalian flag
Cite this entry
APA

tricolor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricolor

MLA

“tricolor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricolor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tricolor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricolor.

Source: tricolor on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.