tricolour
/ˈtrɪkələUS/ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/
tricolour noun: a flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour.
Noun
tricolour (plural tricolours)
- A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour.
- Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and Ireland.
- Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras. “He’s with the Guardian,” a man in his 60s, holding a tricolour, shouted.2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Anything which is composed of three colours.
- […] to the Indian red. The black, to complete the racial tricolor, was yet to come. The white population settled, as the more advanced Indian groups had, in areas having the most comfortable temperatures.1946, Russell Humke Fitzgibbon, Flaud C. Wooton, Flaud Conaroe Wooton, Latin America: Past and Present, page 38
- David Hammons would go one^([sic]) to produce his own national colors, to subvert the boundaries of nation with his Pan-African Flag (1990), a version of the American tricolor reimagined in the black internationalist tones of red, green, and black.2019 January 31, W. Ian Bourland, Bloodflowers: Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Photography, and the 1980s, Duke University Press, →ISBN
Adjective
tricolour (not comparable)
- Having three colours.
- tricolour film
- Synonyms:
- trichromatic, trichrome, tricolored
Proper noun capitalized: Tricolour
Tricolour
tricolour meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic and Malay
tricolour in Hindi
- A flag with three stripes of different colours
- तिरंगा tiraṅgā
tricolour in Malayalam
- A flag with three stripes of different colours
- ത്രിരംഗ triraṅga, ത്രിവർണം trivaṟṇaṁ
tricolour in Arabic
- A flag with three stripes of different colours
- عَلَم ثُلَاثِيّ الْأَلْوَانِ ʕalam ṯulāṯiyy al-ʔalwāni
tricolour in Malay
- A flag with three stripes of different colours
- triwarna
More languagesFewer languages
- tricolour in Indonesian
- triwarna
- tricolour in Persian
- پرچم سهرنگ parčam se-rang
- tricolour in Thai
- ธงไตรรงค์ tong-dtrai-rong
- tricolour in Vietnamese
- cờ tam tài
Synonyms of tricolour
Forms of tricolour
| plural | tricolours |
|---|---|
| alternative US | tricolor |
Origin of tricolour
An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour.
Words formed from tricolour
Phrases with tricolour
Questions about tricolour
- What does tricolour mean?
- Tricolour means a flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour.
- What is tricolour in Hindi?
- Tricolour in Hindi is तिरंगा (tiraṅgā). See Tricolour meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tricolour?
- Tricolour can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tricolour?
- Tricolour is pronounced /ˈtrɪkələ (UK).
- What is the plural of tricolour?
- The plural of tricolour is tricolours.
Words near tricolour in the dictionary
Source and license
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