bechamel

See also: béchamel

English

Noun

bechamel (usually uncountable, plural bechamels)

1. Alternative spelling of béchamel

Anagrams

• Chamblee

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• béchamel (unadapted spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French béchamel, named after French gastronome Louis Béchameil de Nointel (1630–1703).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ʃaˈmɛw/ [be.ʃaˈmɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ʃɐˈmɛl/ [bɨ.ʃɐˈmɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ʃɐˈmɛl/ [bɨ.ʃɐˈmɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.t͡ʃɐˈmɛl/ [bɨ.t͡ʃɐˈmɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ʃɐˈmɛ.li/

• Hyphenation: be‧cha‧mel

Noun

bechamel m (usually uncountable, plural bechaméis)

1. Ellipsis of molho bechamel.

Further reading

• “bechamel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French béchamel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bet͡ʃaˈmel/ [be.t͡ʃaˈmel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: be‧cha‧mel

Noun

bechamel f (plural bechameles)

1. béchamel

   Synonyms: besamel, beshamel

Further reading

• “bechamel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10