tricolor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
    tricolour.
  2. adjective satellite having or involving three colors
    trichromatic; trichrome.
    • 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

WordNet

Tri"col`or noun
Etymology
F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see Tri-) + L. color color.
Definitions
  1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
  2. Hence, any three-colored flag.

Webster 1913