tricolour
/ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A flag consisting of three stripes that are either vertical or horizontal, all of equal size, and each of a different colour.
British usage
name
Example Sentences
- "Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and Ireland."
- "Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras. “He’s with the Guardian,” a man in his 60s, holding a tricolour, shouted."
- "[…] to the Indian red. The black, to complete the racial tricolor, was yet to come. The white population settled, as the more advanced Indian groups had, in areas having the most comfortable temperatures."
- "David Hammons would go one^([sic]) to produce his own national colors, to subvert the boundaries of nation with his Pan-African Flag (1990), a version of the American tricolor reimagined in the black internationalist tones of red, green, and black."
- "tricolour film"
Etymology
An anglicisation of the French tricolore; the flag originated in France. Equivalent to tri- + colour.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ/
- British English: /ˈtrɪkələ