tricolor

[ trahy-kuhl-er; especially British trik-uh-ler ]

adjective

1. Also tricolored; especially British, tricoloured. having three colors.

noun

1. a flag having three colors.
2. the national flag of France, adopted during the French Revolution, consisting of vertical bands of blue, white, and red.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tricolor¹

1780–90; < Late Latin tricolor, equivalent to tri- tri- + -color colored; color

Example Sentences

Mexico City time, Sheinbaum will don the symbolic presidential sash — embroidered with the Mexican tricolor and embossed with the gold-threaded national coat of arms.

From Los Angeles Times

Russian military bloggers shared footage late on Monday of a Russian tricolor flag being posted on the roof of a school in Niu-York with the Ukrainian flag lying on the ground.

From BBC

Closing the show, a Black model wore a top of the Italian tricolor, green, white and red, which Appiolaza said was part of the collection’s message of inclusion.

From Seattle Times

The tricolor flag covering French territory was gradually replaced by the Israeli flag, with this question: “What would you do in this situation?”

From Seattle Times

Crowds applauded as a horse-drawn glass-sided carriage bore MacGowan’s coffin, draped in an Irish tricolor, through the streets, and some people sang the folk song “Dirty Old Town,” recorded by The Pogues in the 1980s.

From Washington Times