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bicolour

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having two colours

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: Commonwealth spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bichrome, bicoloured, dichromatic, duocolor, two-tone

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A flower, cat etc., that has two colours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Commonwealth spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A flag with such colours, consisting of two stripes that are either vertical or horizontal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Commonwealth spelling

Examples

  • The national flags of Algeria, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine and the Vatican City are all bicolours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having two colors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a bicolor flower
  • a bicolored postage stamp

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bicolor, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome, dichromatic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin bicolor; also analyzable as bi- + colour.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: bi-kolorekoa — having two colours
  • Basque: bi-kolore — having two colours
  • Bulgarian: двуцветен (dvucveten) — having two colours
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二色的 (èrsè de) — having two colours
  • Danish: tofarvet — having two colours
  • French: bichrome — having two colours
  • French: bicolore — having two colours
  • Hindi: दुरंगा (duraṅgā) — having two colours
  • Ingrian: kakskarvain — having two colours
  • Italian: bicolore — having two colours
  • Japanese: 二色 (nishoku) — having two colours
  • Korean: 이색 (isaek) — having two colours
  • Latin: bicolor — having two colours
  • Latin: bicolōrus — having two colours
  • Latin: dichrōus — having two colours
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tofarget — having two colours
  • Polish: dwukolorowy — having two colours
  • Polish: dwubarwny — having two colours
  • Quechua: alqa — having two colours
  • Scottish Gaelic: dà-dhathach — having two colours
  • Spanish: bicolor — having two colours
  • Swedish: tvåfärgad — having two colours
  • Tagalog: duhangkulayin — having two colours
  • Turkish: iki renkli — having two colours
  • Hindi: दुरंगा (duraṅgā) — flag with two stripes