tricolor
Americanadjective
noun
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a flag having three colors.
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the national flag of France, adopted during the French Revolution, consisting of vertical bands of blue, white, and red.
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Etymology
Origin of tricolor
1780–90; < Late Latin tricolor, equivalent to tri- tri- + -color colored; see color
Vocabulary lists containing tricolor
Example Sentences
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Hungary’s red-white-and-green tricolor was a trademark of his campaign rallies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
French flags, French scarves, French fans with tricolor wigs and cockerel hats.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025
In honor of the Wilson’s phalarope, or falaropo tricolor in Spanish, an artist painted matching murals beside the two lakes.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
The two dogs are Lupin, a Boston terrier, and BeBop, a tricolor Welsh corgi.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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