tricolor

especially British, tri·col·our

[trahy-kuhl-er, trik-uh-ler]

adjective

1. Also tricolored; tricoloured. 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

The Mexican tricolor flew again, this time joined by the flags of El Salvador, Guatemala and other Latin American countries.

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He opted for the familiar red, white and green tricolor.

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The tricolor is part of the Santa Ana landscape, so it easily escaped my attention.

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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.

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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.

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