tricolour

See also: Tricolour

English

Alternative forms

• tricolor

Etymology

An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- +‎ colour.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪkələ, -lɔː/, /ˈtraɪˌkʌlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/

Noun

tricolour (plural tricolours)

1. A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal; all of equal size, and of a different colour each.

   Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland.

   • 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras. “He’s with the Guardian,” a man in his 60s, holding a tricolour, shouted.

Synonyms

• red, white and blue (American or British flags)

Translations

A flag with three stripes of different colours

• Arabic: عَلَم ثُلَاثِيّ الْأَلْوَانِ m (ʕalam ṯulāṯiyy al-ʔalwāni)
• Armenian: եռագույն (hy) (eṙaguyn)
• Azerbaijani: üçrəngli, üçrəngli bayraq
• Belarusian: трыкалор m (trykalór)
• Bulgarian: трикольор (bg) m (trikoljor)
• Catalan: tricolor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三色旗 (zh) (sānsèqí)

• Czech: trikolóra (cs) f
• Danish: trikolore
• Dutch: driekleur (nl) m, nationale driekleur m
• Esperanto: trikoloro
• Estonian: trikoloor
• Finnish: trikolori (fi)
• French: tricolore (fr) m
• Galician: tricolor m
• Georgian: სამფერი დროშა (samperi droša)
• German: Trikolore (de) f
• Greek: τρίχρωμη σημαία (tríchromi simaía)
• Hebrew: טריקולור m (trikolor)
• Hindi: तिरंगा (hi) (tiraṅgā)
• Hungarian: trikolór (hu)
• Indonesian: triwarna
• Irish: trídhathach
• Italian: tricolore (it)
• Japanese: 三色旗 (さんしょくき, sanshokuki)
• Korean: 삼색기 (ko) (samsaekgi)
• Ladin: triculëur m
• Latvian: trikolors m
• Lithuanian: trispalvė (lt) f
• Malay: triwarna
• Malayalam: ത്രിരംഗ (triraṅga), ത്രിവർണം (trivaṟṇaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trikolor m

  Nynorsk: trikolor m

• Persian: پرچم سه‌رنگ (parčam se-rang)
• Polish: flaga trójkolorowa f, trójkolorowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: tricolor (pt)
• Romanian: tricolor (ro) n
• Russian: триколо́р (ru) m (trikolór), трёхцве́тный фла́г m (trjoxcvétnyj flág)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тробојка f, тробојница f

  Roman: trobojka (sh) f, trobojnica (sh) f

• Slovak: trikolóra f
• Slovene: tribarvnica f
• Spanish: tricolor (es)
• Swedish: trikolor (sv) c
• Thai: ธงไตรรงค์ (tong-dtrai-rong)
• Turkish: üç renkli
• Ukrainian: триколо́р m (trykolór)
• Vietnamese: cờ tam tài
• Welsh: trilliw m

Adjective

tricolour (not comparable)

1. Having three colours.

   tricolour film

Synonyms

• trichromatic
• trichrome
• tricolored

Translations

having three colors

• Bhojpuri: तिरंगा (tiraṅgā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三色的 (zh) (sānsè de)

• Dutch: driekleurig (nl)
• Finnish: kolmivärinen
• French: trichromate (fr), tricolore (fr)
• German: dreifarbig (de)
• Irish: trídhathach
• Italian: tricolore (it)
• Japanese: 三色 (ja) m (sanshoku)
• Korean: 삼색 (ko) (samsaek)
• Latin: tricolor
• Manx: tree-chroamatagh, treeghaagh
• Polish: trójkolorowy (pl), trójbarwny (pl)
• Portuguese: tricolor (pt), tricromático
• Russian: трёхцве́тный (ru) (trjoxcvétnyj)
• Spanish: tricolor (es), tricrómico
• Volapük: kilkölik (vo), (older term) kilakölik