bicolour

English

Alternative forms

• bicolor (US)

Etymology

From Latin bicolor; also analyzable as bi- +‎ colour.

Adjective

bicolour (not comparable)

1. (British spelling) Having two colours

   bichrome, bicoloured, dichromatic, duocolor, two-tone

Translations

having two colours

• Basque: bi-kolorekoa, bi-kolore
• Danish: tofarvet
• French: bichrome (fr), bicolore (fr)
• Ingrian: kakskarvain
• Italian: bicolore
• Latin: bicolor, bicolōrus, dichrōus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tofarget

• Polish: dwukolorowy (pl), dwubarwny (pl)
• Quechua: alqa
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-dhathach
• Spanish: bicolor
• Swedish: tvåfärgad (sv)
• Tagalog: duhangkulayin
• Turkish: iki renkli

Noun

bicolour (plural bicolours)

1. (British spelling) A flower, cat etc., that has two colours.
2. (British spelling) A flag with such colours, consisting of two stripes that are either vertical or horizontal.

   The national flags of Algeria, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine and the Vatican City are all bicolours.