sugar-coated in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sugar-coated in the English»French Dictionary

sugar-coated ADJ lit

sugar-coated

enrobé de sucre

sugar-coated fig

édulcoré

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coated with sugar, sugar-coated sweet

glacé

coated with sugar, sugar-coated pill

dragéifié

Translations for sugar-coated in the French»English Dictionary

I.praliné (pralinée) [pʀaline] ADJ

1. praliné (enrobé de sucre):

praliné (pralinée)

sugared Brit

praliné (pralinée)

sugar-coated Am

2. praliné dessert, crème:

praliné (pralinée)

praline attr

II.praliné N m

praliné m (mélange, arôme, bonbon):

praliné

praline

dragéifier [dʀaʒeifje] VB trans

dragéifier qc

to coat sth with sugar

une pilule dragéifiée

a sugar-coated pill

enrober [ɑ̃ʀɔbe] VB trans

1. enrober (recouvrir):

enrober lit

to coat (de with)

des amandes enrobées de sucre

sugar-coated almonds

2. enrober (présenter avec ménagements) fig:

enrober nouvelle

to wrap up (de in)

praline [pʀalin] N f

1. praline (amande):

praline

sugared almond Brit

praline

sugar-coated almond Am

2. praline (balle):

praline sl

slug inf

praline sl

bullet

3. praline Belg (chocolat):

praline

chocolate

dragée [dʀaʒe] N f

1. dragée (bonbon):

dragée

sugared almond, dragée

2. dragée (pilule):

dragée

sugar-coated pill, dragée spec

3. dragée FARM:

dragée

mixed provender

la dragée est amère

it's a bitter pill to swallow

tenir la dragée haute à qn

to hold out on sb

fruit [fʀɥi] N m

1. fruit (gén) FOOD:

fruit

fruit uncountable

voulez-vous un fruit?

would you like some fruit?

aimer les fruits

to like fruit

acheter des fruits

to buy fruit

2. fruit BOT:

fruit

fruit

la tomate est un fruit

the tomato is a fruit

3. fruit (résultat):

fruit

fruit

récolter les fruits de ses efforts/de la victoire

to reap the fruits of one's efforts/of victory

c'est le fruit de l'expérience

that's the fruit of experience

le fruit de mes entrailles

the fruit of my womb

porter ses fruits

to bear fruit

le fruit de l'adultère

the offspring of an adulterous liaison

4. fruit (de mur, barrage, canal):

fruit CONSTR, ENGINEER

batter

fruit confit FOOD

candied ou glacé fruit

fruit défendu BIBL

forbidden fruit

fruit déguisé FOOD (avec glaçage)

sugar-coated fruit

fruit déguisé (à la pâte d'amande)

marzipan fruit

fruit de la passion BOT, FOOD

passion fruit

fruit sec FOOD

dried fruit

fruit sec (personne)

disappointment

fruit tombé FARM

windfall

fruits de mer FOOD

seafood uncountable

fruits rafraîchis FOOD

fruit salad uncountable

fruits rouges FOOD

soft fruit uncountable Brit

fruits rouges FOOD

berries Am

fruits au sirop FOOD

fruit in syrup Brit

fruits au sirop FOOD

fruit in sirup Am

fruits de la terre

fruits of the earth

sugar-coated in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sugar-coated in the English»French Dictionary

sugar-coated ADJ

1. sugar-coated (with layer of sweetener):

sugar-coated

dragéifié(e)

a sugar-coated almond

une dragée

2. sugar-coated fig, pej (pleasant):

sugar-coated

mielleux(-euse)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The picture presented now is much grittier, more real, less sugar-coated.

www.odt.co.nz

That is the programme though - people expect the news and don't want it sugar-coated.

www.independent.ie

There will be no mercy for our sugar-coated, honey-dripping, wheedling, grovelling allies!

en.wikipedia.org

These qualities will eventually force her to leave the sugar-coated house in the city where everything is a little too sweet.

en.wikipedia.org

Of course if you prefer sugar-coated stuff telling you everything is rosy then you'll be sorely disappointed if you keep reading here.

www.moneymorning.com.au

We're here to effect visible and transparent change that does not need to be sugar-coated or window dressed.

thenationonlineng.net

Anise was used to flavor fish and chicken dishes, and its seeds were served as sugar-coated comfits.

en.wikipedia.org

The early stories featured a narrator, who spoke in a heavily sugar-coated way, but he disappeared during 2008.

en.wikipedia.org

The sugar-coated version, which we're more used to, that's the anomaly.

www.latimes.com

It is essentially still in place today despite new sugar-coated democratic trappings.

www.counterpunch.org