béarnaise sauce

noun

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

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béarnaisebearnaise
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Meanings

nounbéarnaise sauce (usually uncountable, plural béarnaise sauces)

plural béarnaise sauces · alternative bearnaise sauce

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

    Synonyms: béarnaise, bearnaise

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
béarnaisebearnaise

Origin

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

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Translations

Danish bearnaisesauce, bearnaisesovs
  • bearnaisesaucesauce
  • bearnaisesovssauce
Dutch béarnaisesaus, béarnaise
  • béarnaisesaussauce
  • béarnaisesauce
Finnish béarnaisekastike
  • béarnaisekastikesauce
French béarnaise, sauce béarnaise
  • béarnaisesauce
  • sauce béarnaisesauce
Norwegian Bokmål bearnés
  • bearnéssauce
Swedish bearnaisesås, bearnaise
  • bearnaisesåssauce
  • bearnaisesauce
  • beasauce
Cite this entry
APA

béarnaise sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%A9arnaise%20sauce

MLA

“béarnaise sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%A9arnaise%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “béarnaise sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%A9arnaise%20sauce.

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