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béarnaise sauce

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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History

Etymology

from French, the feminine of béarnais (the adjective from the Béarn region, using -ais (“-ese”)) + sauce

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: bearnaisesauce — sauce
  • Danish: bearnaisesovs — sauce
  • Dutch: béarnaisesaus — sauce
  • Dutch: béarnaise — sauce
  • Finnish: béarnaisekastike — sauce
  • French: béarnaise — sauce
  • French: sauce béarnaise — sauce
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bearnés — sauce
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bearnés — sauce
  • Swedish: bearnaisesås — sauce
  • Swedish: bearnaise — sauce
  • Swedish: bea — sauce