Feminine

dragée

Meaning

  1. (feminine) A sweet with almond filling.
  2. (feminine) A dragée, a sugar-coated pill.
  3. (feminine, historical, uncountable) A swan-shot, small-shot, hail-shot.
  4. (countable, feminine, slang) A bullet, a dot.

Concepts

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʁa.ʒe/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French dragee, dragie, via Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “dried fruits, sweetmeats”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma).

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