Phrase guide

béchamel sauce

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A simple white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour to which hot milk is added.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: white sauce

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of béchamel sauce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Partial calque of French sauce béchamel, named after French gastronome Louis Béchameil de Nointel (1630–1703).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَلْصَة بَشَامِيل (ṣalṣat bašāmīl) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Catalan: beixamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貝夏梅爾調味醬 /贝夏梅尔调味酱 (bèixiàméi'ěr tiáowèijiàng) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白汁 (báizhī) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白醬 /白酱 (báijiàng) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貝夏媚醬 /贝夏媚酱 (bèixiàmèijiàng) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Czech: bešamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Dutch: bechamelsaus — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Esperanto: beŝamelo — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Finnish: valkokastike — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Finnish: béchamelkastike — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • French: sauce béchamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • French: béchamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • French: béchamelle — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Galician: bechamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • German: Béchamelsauce — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • German: Béchamelsoße — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • German: Milchsoße — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Greek: σάλτσα μπεσαμέλ (sáltsa besamél) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Greek: μπεσαμέλ (besamél) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Hungarian: besamelmártás — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Irish: brachán bán — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Irish: brachán plúir — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Italian: besciamella — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Japanese: ベシャメルソース (beshameru sōsu) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Japanese: ホワイトソース (howaito sōsu) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Kazakh: бешамель (beşamel) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Polish: beszamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Polish: biały sos — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Portuguese: molho bechamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Portuguese: bechamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Russian: бешаме́ль (bešamélʹ) — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: бешаме̏л — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: бешаме̏л со̑с — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: bešamȅl — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: bešamȅl sȏs — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Spanish: bechamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Spanish: besamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Spanish: bechamela — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Spanish: besamela — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Spanish: salsa blanca — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Swedish: béchamelsås — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Turkish: beşamel — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Turkish: beşamel sos — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Welsh: grefi gwyn — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Welsh: grefi llaeth — white sauce made with butter, flour and milk