Tricolor

Word TRICOLOR
Character 8
Hyphenation tri col or
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Tricolor"

What do we mean by tricolor?

A flag having three colors. noun

The French flag. noun

Having three colors. adjective

Three-colored; tricolored: in zoölogy correlated with bicolor and unicolor.

A flag composed of three colors in large masses equal or nearly equal, as the national flags of Italy and Mexico; especially, the flag of France adopted during the Revolution, consisting of three equal parts—blue next the mast, red at the fly, and white between, or, in heraldic language, palewise of three pieces, azure, argent, and gules. The red and blue represented the colors of the city of Paris. noun

The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution. noun

Hence, any three-colored flag. noun

Having three colors. adjective

Alternative spelling of tricolour. noun

Having or involving three colors adjective

A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) noun

Having three colors.

The National Flag of India is sometimes called as Tricolor. Urban Dictionary

A uniquely colored beard which contains three different tones, usually red/orange/yellow or brown. Uncommon, but most often sighted on large males with red hair. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tricolor

The word "tricolor" in example sentences

The waitresses, Kimi and Haruko, circulated in short tricolor skirts. ❋ Smith, Martin Cruz (2002)

“Bleu” the first installment of Kieslowski’s trilogy tied to the French tricolor is an arresting, heartfelt and finally nobly idealistic study of Julie Vignon (Juliette Binoche) as a grief-stricken widow who lost her composer husband and 5-year-old daughter in the same car crash she survived. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meagher was very important, too, because he brought back the present Irish flag from France, a tricolor, which is now the flag which flies over the Republic of Ireland. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The tricolor is a French flag -- not the banner of humanity. ❋ Julian Hawthorne (1890)

France uses the "tricolor," a flag of three vertical equal stripes, red, white, and blue, the blue being nearest the staff. ❋ Various (N/A)

Yet she was elegantly dressed and evidently en fete, with one or two "tricolor" knots and ribbons mingled with her finery. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

Flora Suecica, 791; under titles of Viola 'tricolor' and 'bicolor arvensis,' and Herba Trinitatis. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

'' tricolor '' of France with the Auvergnat shield in the canton. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Early renderings show three, tricolor boxy towers in an L-shape around the southeast side of the arena, which faces the busy intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn. ❋ Robbie Whelan (2011)

An officer picked up a 10-year-old tricolor female Akita mix. ❋ Post (2010)

One protester said there would be more American flags flying in the streets of Benghazi if the numerous stripes and stars were less time-consuming to stitch up than other nations' flags, such as the French tricolor. ❋ Sam Dagher (2011)

On those few whose creativity, fortitude, technique and concoctions—from cream-puff whimsies to towering sculptures of spun and pulled sugar—are deemed worthy, the judges bestow the ultimate accolade for a pâtissier : the title of MOF craftsman of France and the right to wear a distinctive tricolor collar. ❋ Nancy DeWolf Smith (2011)

And overhead, fluttering in the breezes off Lake Erie, was the Irish tricolor. ❋ Rick Porrello (2011)

Raveendran/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Models dressed in the nation's tricolor, with their hair styled in the shape of cricket stumps, the World Cup trophy and a cricket bat and ball, posed in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2011, ahead of the first match of the tournament between India and Bangladesh. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Huge crowds glimpsed the three coffins, draped in the emerging nation's tricolor flag and honored by its new anthem. ❋ Richard Boudreaux (2011)

Another threw a green flag from a second floor balcony, replacing it with the rebels' tricolor. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Tricolor is being [hoisted]. ❋ Vinodthebond (2009)

A tricolored beard is usually [sported] by a man of [Norwegian] [extraction]. ❋ Wally Petro (2008)

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