béchamel

See also: bechamel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French béchamel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛʃəmɛɫ]

Noun

béchamel (usually uncountable, plural béchamels)

1. Ellipsis of béchamel sauce.

Further reading

• Béchamel sauce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chamblee

French

Une béchamel.

Etymology

Named after French gastronome Louis Béchameil de Nointel (1630–1703).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.ʃa.mɛl/

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• Hyphenation: bé‧cha‧mel

Noun

béchamel f (usually uncountable, plural béchamels)

1. béchamel sauce; Ellipsis of sauce béchamel.

Descendants

• → Albanian: beshamel
• → English: béchamel
• → Esperanto: beŝamelo
• → Greek: μπεσαμέλ (besamél)
• → Italian: besciamella
• → Spanish: bechamel

Further reading

• “béchamel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Sauce béchamel on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French béchamel.

Noun

béchamel m

1. Alternative spelling of bechamel