dragée

/dɹæˈʒeɪ/

noun

A sweet or confection with a hard outer shell, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.

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Meanings

noundragée (plural dragées)

plural dragées

  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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lentil

Origin

  1. Frenchdragée
  2. Frenchdragée
  3. Englishdragée

Borrowed from French dragée.

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Translations

Arabic مُلَبَّس
  • مُلَبَّس (mulabbas)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Bulgarian драже́
  • драже́ (dražé)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Catalan dragea
  • drageaa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Chinese Mandarin 糖衣
  • 糖衣 (tángyī)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Danish dragé
  • dragéa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Estonian dražee
  • dražeea sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Finnish rae
  • raea sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
French dragée
  • dragéea sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Hungarian drazsé
  • drazséa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Japanese ドラジェ
  • ドラジェ (doraje)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Korean 드라제
  • 드라제 (deuraje)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Polish drażetka, draża
  • drażetkaa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
  • drażaa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Portuguese drageia
  • drageiaa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Romanian drajeu
  • drajeua sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Russian драже́
  • драже́ (dražé)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Spanish gragea
  • grageaa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Swedish dragé
  • dragéa sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Turkish draje
  • drajea sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.
Ukrainian драже́
  • драже́ (dražé)a sweet or confection, originally used to administer drugs, medicine, etc.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dragée

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Cite this entry
APA

dragée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drag%C3%A9e

MLA

“dragée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drag%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dragée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drag%C3%A9e.

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