dragée
/dɹæˈʒeɪ/
dragée noun: a sweet or confection with a hard outer shell, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Noun
dragée (plural dragées)
- 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
dragée meaning in Arabic
dragée in Arabic
- a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
- مُلَبَّس mulabbas
Forms of dragée
| plural | dragées |
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Origin of dragée
Borrowed from French dragée.
Words that rhyme with dragée
Questions about dragée
- What does dragée mean?
- Dragée means a sweet or confection with a hard outer shell, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
- What is dragée in Arabic?
- Dragée in Arabic is مُلَبَّس (mulabbas). See Dragée meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is dragée?
- Dragée is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dragée?
- Dragée is pronounced /dɹæˈʒeɪ/.
- What is the plural of dragée?
- The plural of dragée is dragées.
Words near dragée in the dictionary
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