béchamel sauce

noun

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

Similar
cream saucewhite sauce
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Meanings

béchamel sauce1

nounbéchamel sauce (countable and uncountable, plural béchamel sauces)

plural béchamel sauces · alternative Béchamel sauce · alternative bechamel sauce

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

    Synonyms: cream sauce, white sauce

Béchamel sauce2

nounBéchamel sauce (plural Béchamel sauces)

plural Béchamel sauces

  1. Alternative letter-case form of béchamel sauce.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
cream saucewhite sauce

Origin

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

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Translations

Arabic صَلْصَة بَشَامِيل
  • صَلْصَة بَشَامِيل (ṣalṣat bašāmīl)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Catalan beixamel
  • beixamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Chinese Mandarin 貝夏梅爾調味醬 /贝夏梅尔调味酱, 白汁
  • 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
  • 白汁 (báizhī)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • 白醬 /白酱 (báijiàng)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • 貝夏媚醬 /贝夏媚酱 (bèixiàmèijiàng)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Czech bešamel
  • bešamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Dutch bechamelsaus
  • bechamelsauswhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Esperanto beŝamelo
  • beŝamelowhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Finnish valkokastike, béchamelkastike
  • valkokastikewhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • béchamelkastikewhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
French sauce béchamel, béchamel
  • sauce béchamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • béchamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • béchamellewhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
German Béchamelsauce, Béchamelsoße
  • Béchamelsaucewhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Béchamelsoßewhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • Milchsoßewhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Greek σάλτσα μπεσαμέλ, μπεσαμέλ
  • σάλτσα μπεσαμέλ (sáltsa besamél)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • μπεσαμέλ (besamél)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Hungarian besamelmártás
  • besamelmártáswhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Irish brachán bán, brachán plúir
  • brachán bánwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • brachán plúirwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Italian besciamella
  • besciamellawhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Japanese ベシャメルソース, ホワイトソース
  • ベシャメルソース (beshameru sōsu)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • ホワイトソース (howaito sōsu)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Polish beszamel, biały sos
  • beszamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • biały soswhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Portuguese molho bechamel, bechamel
  • molho bechamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • bechamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Russian бешаме́ль
  • бешаме́ль (bešamélʹ)white sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Spanish bechamel, besamel
  • bechamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • besamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • bechamelawhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • besamelawhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • salsa blancawhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Swedish béchamelsås
  • béchamelsåswhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Turkish beşamel, beşamel sos
  • beşamelwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • beşamel soswhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Welsh grefi gwyn, grefi llaeth
  • grefi gwynwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
  • grefi llaethwhite sauce made with butter, flour and milk
Cite this entry
APA

béchamel sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%A9chamel%20sauce

MLA

“béchamel sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%A9chamel%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “béchamel sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/b%C3%A9chamel%20sauce.

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