The Dutch and the Belgian tricolour were streaming side by side amiably in the village on the border.
Source: tatoeba (397522)
Tricolour
//ˈtraɪˌkʌlɚ//
Synonyms for "tricolour" (8 found)
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Proper Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (4)
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81 translations across 52 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَلَم ثُلَاثِيّ الْأَلْوَانِ noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Armenian
1 entries- եռագույն noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- üçrəngli noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- üçrəngli bayraq noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Belarusian
1 entries- трыкалор noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- तिरंगा adj (having three colors)
Bulgarian
3 entries- трибагреник noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- трикольор noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- трицвет noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Catalan
1 entries- tricolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 三色的 adj (having three colors)
- 三色旗 noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Czech
1 entries- trikolóra noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Danish
1 entries- trikolore noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Dutch
3 entries- driekleurig adj (having three colors)
- driekleur noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- nationale driekleur noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Esperanto
1 entries- trikoloro noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Estonian
1 entries- trikoloor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Finnish
2 entries- kolmivärinen adj (having three colors)
- trikolori noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
French
3 entries- trichromate adj (having three colors)
- tricolore adj (having three colors)
- tricolore noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Galician
1 entries- tricolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Georgian
1 entries- სამფერი დროშა noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
German
2 entries- dreifarbig adj (having three colors)
- Trikolore noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Greek
1 entries- τρίχρωμη σημαία noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Hebrew
1 entries- טריקולור noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Hindi
1 entries- तिरंगा noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Hungarian
1 entries- trikolór noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Indonesian
1 entries- triwarna noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Irish
2 entries- trídhathach adj (having three colors)
- trídhathach noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Italian
2 entries- tricolore adj (having three colors)
- tricolore noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Japanese
2 entries- 三色 adj (having three colors)
- 三色旗 noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Korean
2 entries- 삼색 adj (having three colors)
- 삼색기 noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Ladin
1 entries- triculëur noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Latin
1 entries- tricolor adj (having three colors)
Latvian
1 entries- trikolors noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Lithuanian
1 entries- trispalvė noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Malay
1 entries- triwarna noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Malayalam
2 entries- ത്രിരംഗ noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- ത്രിവർണം noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Manx
2 entries- tree-chroamatagh adj (having three colors)
- treeghaagh adj (having three colors)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trikolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- trikolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Persian
1 entries- پرچم سهرنگ noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Polish
4 entries- trójbarwny adj (having three colors)
- trójkolorowy adj (having three colors)
- flaga trójkolorowa noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- trójkolorowy noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Portuguese
3 entries- tricolor adj (having three colors)
- tricromático adj (having three colors)
- tricolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Romanian
1 entries- tricolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Russian
3 entries- трёхцве́тный adj (having three colors)
- триколо́р noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- трёхцве́тный фла́г noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- trobojka noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- trobojnica noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- тробојка noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
- тробојница noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Slovak
1 entries- trikolóra noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Slovene
1 entries- tribarvnica noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Spanish
3 entries- tricolor adj (having three colors)
- tricrómico adj (having three colors)
- tricolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Swedish
1 entries- trikolor noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Thai
1 entries- ธงไตรรงค์ noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Turkish
1 entries- üç renkli noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Ukrainian
1 entries- триколо́р noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cờ tam tài noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Volapük
2 entries- kilakölik adj (having three colors)
- kilkölik adj (having three colors)
Welsh
1 entries- trilliw noun (A flag with three stripes of different colours)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The Indian flag is called the tricolour because it has stripes of three colours – saffron, white and green.
Source: tatoeba (480250)
The bugler played taps as the tricolour was lowered at sunset.
Source: tatoeba (925790)
Tricolours are seen in the national flags of over twenty countries, including Belgium, France, India, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands and Ireland.
Source: wiktionary
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