tricolor

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

adjective
  1. Also tricolored; especially British, 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.

Origin of tricolor

1
1780–90; <Late Latin tricolor, equivalent to tri-tri- + -color colored; see color
  • Also especially British, tri·col·our .

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