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dragée

sugared almond, dragée

noun drah-ZHEH Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Also means

coated pill

Usage Note

Dragée is a traditional French confection — an almond coated in a hard sugar shell, typically white — handed out at baptisms, communions, and weddings. It also refers to a sugar-coated pill in pharmacy. The custom of giving dragées at christenings (baptêmes) is deeply embedded in French tradition.

Examples

"On distribue des dragées blanches lors des baptêmes."

Natural Translation

White sugared almonds are given out at christenings.

Literal Translation

One distributes white sugared-almonds at-the christenings.

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