tricolour

See also: Tricolour

English

Alternative forms

tricolor

Etymology

An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France.

Noun

tricolour (plural tricolours)

A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal; all of equal size, and of a different colour each.
Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland.

Synonyms

Translations

A flag with three stripes of different colours

Chinese:
Mandarin: 三色旗 (sānsèqí)
Czech: trikolóra (cs) f
Danish: trikolore
Dutch: driekleur (nl) m, nationale driekleur m
Finnish: trikolori (fi)
French: tricolore (fr) m
German: Trikolore (de) f
Greek: τρίχρωμη σημαία (tríchromi simaía)
Hungarian: trikolór
Indonesian: triwarna
Irish: trídhathach
Italian: tricolore (it)

Japanese: 三色旗 (さんしょくき, sanshokuki)
Korean: 삼색기 (ko) (samsaekgi)
Ladin: triculëur m
Malay: triwarna
Norwegian: trikolor m
Polish: flaga trójkolorowa f
Portuguese: tricolor (pt)
Romanian: tricolor (ro) n
Russian: триколо́р (ru) m (trikolór), трёхцве́тный флаг m (trjoxcvétnyj flag)
Slovak: trikolóra f
Spanish: tricolor (es)
Swedish: trikolor (sv) c

Adjective

tricolour (not comparable)

Having three colours.
tricolour film

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