Dictionary

dragée en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dɹæˈʒeɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French dragée.

Meanings

1. A sweet or confection with a hard outer shell, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
   • I opened the cupboard and found a bag of raisins, two empty sauce bottles, a packet of icing sugar, a tube of dragées and a paper packet of candles. 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F, Penguin, published 2004, page 129:

Forms

Hyponyms

lentil

Relateds

drageoir

Translations (28)

tr draje (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · uk драже́ (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ru драже́ (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · fi rae (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ar مُلَبَّس (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · pl draża (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · fa-ira نُقْل (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · bg драже́ (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · frm dragee (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · fr dragée (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · fa-ira دْراژِه (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · es gragea (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · pl drażetka (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · hu drazsé (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · pt drageia (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · da dragé (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ca dragea (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ko 드라제 (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · et dražee (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ja ドラジェ (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ro drajeu (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · be дражэ́ (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · fa-ira دِراژِه (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · ka დრაჟე (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · sv dragé (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · hy դրաժե (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · cmn 糖衣 (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.) · az draje (a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.)