trichrome
French, adjective/tʁi.kʁom/
trichrome is spelled T-R-I-C-H-R-O-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trichrome is a French adjective meaning “trichromatic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui comporte trois couleurs”.
What does trichrome mean in English?
adjective
- 1
trichromatic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui comporte trois couleurs. 2. Qui repose sur une synthèse à trois composantes (par ex. RVB) permettant de reproduire une gamme de couleurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trichrome
- trichromes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trichrome?
- /tʁi.kʁom/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trichrome in French?
trichrome appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).