Standard Lemma guide

tricolour

adj · name · noun · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtrɪkələ
  • UK: -lɔː/
  • UK: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having three colours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, not-comparable

Examples

  • tricolour film

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of Tricolor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

the Indian flag

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tiranga

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Anything which is composed of three colours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tricolor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flag

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bhojpuri: तिरंगा (tiraṅgā) — having three colors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三色的 (sānsè de) — having three colors
  • Dutch: driekleurig — having three colors
  • Finnish: kolmivärinen — having three colors
  • French: trichromate — having three colors
  • French: tricolore — having three colors
  • German: dreifarbig — having three colors
  • Irish: trídhathach — having three colors
  • Italian: tricolore — having three colors
  • Japanese: 三色 (sanshoku) — having three colors
  • Korean: 삼색 (samsaek) — having three colors
  • Latin: tricolor — having three colors
  • Manx: tree-chroamatagh — having three colors
  • Manx: treeghaagh — having three colors
  • Polish: trójkolorowy — having three colors
  • Polish: trójbarwny — having three colors
  • Portuguese: tricolor — having three colors
  • Portuguese: tricromático — having three colors
  • Russian: трёхцве́тный (trjoxcvétnyj) — having three colors
  • Spanish: tricolor — having three colors
  • Spanish: tricrómico — having three colors
  • Volapük: kilkölik — having three colors
  • Volapük: kilakölik — having three colors
  • Arabic: عَلَم ثُلَاثِيّ الْأَلْوَانِ (ʕalam ṯulāṯiyy al-ʔalwāni) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Armenian: եռագույն (eṙaguyn) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Azerbaijani: üçrəngli — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Azerbaijani: üçrəngli bayraq — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Belarusian: трыкалор (trykalór) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Bulgarian: трикольор (trikoljor) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Bulgarian: трибагреник (tribagrenik) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Bulgarian: трицвет (tricvet) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Catalan: tricolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三色旗 (sānsèqí) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Czech: trikolóra — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Danish: trikolore — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Dutch: driekleur — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Dutch: nationale driekleur — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Esperanto: trikoloro — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Estonian: trikoloor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Finnish: trikolori — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • French: tricolore — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Galician: tricolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Georgian: სამფერი დროშა (samperi droša) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • German: Trikolore — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Greek: τρίχρωμη σημαία (tríchromi simaía) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Hebrew: טריקולור (trikolor) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Hindi: तिरंगा (tiraṅgā) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Hungarian: trikolór — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Indonesian: triwarna — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Irish: trídhathach — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Italian: tricolore — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Japanese: 三色旗 (sanshokuki) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Korean: 삼색기 (samsaekgi) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Ladin: triculëur — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Latvian: trikolors — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Lithuanian: trispalvė — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Malay: triwarna — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Malayalam: ത്രിരംഗ (triraṅga) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Malayalam: ത്രിവർണം (trivaṟṇaṁ) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trikolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trikolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Persian: پرچم سهرنگ (parčam se-rang) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Polish: flaga trójkolorowa — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Portuguese: tricolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Romanian: tricolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Russian: триколо́р (trikolór) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Russian: трёхцве́тный фла́г (trjoxcvétnyj flág) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Serbo-Croatian: тробојка — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Serbo-Croatian: тробојница — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Serbo-Croatian: trobojka — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Serbo-Croatian: trobojnica — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Slovak: trikolóra — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Slovene: tribarvnica — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Spanish: tricolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Swedish: trikolor — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Thai: ธงไตรรงค์ (tong-dtrai-rong) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Turkish: üç renkli — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Ukrainian: триколо́р (trykolór) — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Vietnamese: cờ tam tài — A flag with three stripes of different colours
  • Welsh: trilliw — A flag with three stripes of different colours