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béarnaise sauce

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
bear-naise sauce
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

béarnaise sauces (plural) bearnaise sauce (alternative)

Synonyms

béarnaise bearnaise

Questions

What does béarnaise sauce mean?
A sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.
Where does béarnaise sauce come from?
from French, the feminine of béarnais (the adjective from the Béarn region, using -ais (“-ese”)) + sauce

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