tricolor

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

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

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

Thom Browne, known for his tricolor stripes and short-suits, will soon launch a diffusion collection called Thom Grey.

We are drawing near the chateau, and you might as well wear a cockade tricolor as let them hear that.

On leaving the church, some young people put on tricolor cockades, and this badge was soon common in the streets.

No doubt the apparition in the bay of a force flying the tricolor and the union-jack frightened the people.

At that moment also, a flag—the Tricolor—fluttered upon the staff at Valmond's window.

He doffed his hat to her, then to the Tricolor, which Lagroin had fastened on a tall staff before the house.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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