tricolor

/'trikələ/ Cách viết khác : (tricolour) /'trikələ/

Thân thiện

The tricolor flag flutters in the breeze.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Having three colors: Describes something that displays or is composed of three distinct colors.

2. Noun:

   • A flag with three colored stripes: Specifically refers to a national flag featuring three bands of different colors, most famously the flag of France (the French Tricolor).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The bird had beautiful tricolor feathers of red, yellow, and blue.
  • She wore a tricolor ribbon in her hair.

• Noun:

  • The tricolor of France—blue, white, and red—flew over the government building.
  • Several nations have a tricolor as their national flag.

Advanced Usage

• "The Tricolor": When capitalized, this often specifically denotes the national flag of France.
  • The crowd cheered as the Tricolor was raised.

Variants and Related Words

• Tricolour (adj/n): The British English spelling of "tricolor."
• Tricolored (adj): An alternative adjective form meaning "having three colors."
  • A tricolored cat sat on the fence.

Synonyms

• Tri-colored (adj): Having three colors.
• Three-colored (adj): Having three colors.

Related Phrases

• Tricolor flag (n phrase): A flag with three colors. This phrase is often used to specify the type of flag when the context isn't solely about France.
  • Italy's tricolor flag is green, white, and red.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having or involving three colors
   • trichromatic vision
   • a trichromatic printing process
   • trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors
   • tricolor plumage
   • a tricolor process in photography

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• trichromatic
• trichrome
• tricolour