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mornay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
mor-nay
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Served with a white sauce containing cheese.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Debated. Named after the French commune Mornay, or perhaps after Philippe, duc de Mornay (1549–1623), Governor of Saumur and seigneur du Plessis-Marly, writer and diplomat; but Béchamel sauces had not yet been developed in his lifetime.

Questions

What does mornay mean?
Served with a white sauce containing cheese.
Where does mornay come from?
Debated. Named after the French commune Mornay, or perhaps after Philippe, duc de Mornay (1549–1623), Governor of Saumur and seigneur du Plessis-Marly, writer and diplomat; but Béchamel sauces had not yet been developed in his lifetime.

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