tricolor

tri·col·or

 (trī′kŭl′ər)

n.

1. A flag having three colors.

2. also Tricolor The French flag.

adj. also tri·col·ored (-ərd)

Having three colors.

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tri•col•or

(ˈtraɪˌkʌl ər; esp. Brit. ˈtrɪk ə lər)

adj.

1. Also, tri′col`ored;esp. Brit.,tri′col`oured. having three colors.

n.

2. a flag with three colors, esp. the national flag of France, adopted during the French Revolution, having one vertical band each of blue, white, and red.

Also, esp. Brit.,tri′col`our.

[1780–90; < Late Latin tricolor]

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tricolor

A cockade or flag adding revolutionary blue and red (to signify willingness to die) to the Bourbon dynasty’s white.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tricolor - a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) tricolour flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
Adj.	1.	tricolor - having or involving three colors; "trichromatic vision"; "a trichromatic printing process"; "trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors"; "tricolor plumage"; "a tricolor process in photography" trichromatic, trichrome coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

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Translations

tricolore