dragée
French, noun/dʁa.ʒe/
dragée is spelled D-R-A-G-É-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 64,346th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dragée is a French feminine noun meaning “A sweet with almond filling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré”.
What does dragée mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA sweet with almond filling.
- 2
feminineA dragée, a sugar-coated pill.
- 3
feminineA swan-shot, small-shot, hail-shot.
- 4
feminineslangA bullet, a dot.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Confiserie faite d’un fruit sec ou amande enrobé de sucre très dur blanc ou coloré. 2. Médicament enrobé d'une couche de sucre pour que l'absorption en soit facilitée. 3. Menu plomb dont on se sert pour tirer aux oiseaux. 4. Balle d’arme à feu
noun: 1. Mélange de divers grains, tels que pois, vesces, fèves, lentilles, qu’on laisse croître en herbe pour les donner aux chevaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dragée
- dragées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dragée?
- /dʁa.ʒe/
- \dʁa.ʒe\
- [dʁa.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dragée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dragée in French?
dragée appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).