béchamel
See also: bechamel
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French béchamel.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈbɛʃəmɛɫ]
Noun
béchamel (usually uncountable, plural béchamels)
- Ellipsis of béchamel sauce.
Further reading
- Béchamel sauce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Named after French gastronome Louis Béchameil de Nointel (1630–1703).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.ʃa.mɛl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bé‧cha‧mel
Noun
béchamel f (usually uncountable, plural béchamels)
- 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
- alternative spelling of bechamel