tricolore
French, adjective/tʁi.kɔ.lɔʁ/
tricolore is spelled T-R-I-C-O-L-O-R-E (9 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tricolore is a French adjective meaning “tricolored” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de trois couleurs”.
What does tricolore mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tricolored
- 2
French flag
- 3
French
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de trois couleurs. 2. Se dit d’un drapeau comportant trois couleurs à bandes verticales ou horizontales, comme les drapeaux français, belge, italien, et de nombreux autres, et en particulier en parlant du drapeau de son propre pays. 3. Relatif à la France.
noun: 1. Compétiteur français d'un sport individuel ou d'équipe.
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 tricolore
- tricolores plural
- tricolor alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tricolore?
- /tʁi.kɔ.lɔʁ/
- \tʁi.kɔ.lɔʁ\
- [tʁi.kɔ.lɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tricolore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tricolore in French?
tricolore appears 2.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).