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espagnole

noun

espagnole is spelled E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, espagnole means “A strong basic sauce consisting of a dark brown roux that is slowly reduced while further ingredients are added, traditionally including veal stock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of espagnole is espagnoles.

How many letters and syllables are in espagnole?

Letters9: E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L-E
In writingabout once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is espagnole?

Espagnole appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of espagnole

  • espagnoles plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does espagnole mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A strong basic sauce consisting of a dark brown roux that is slowly reduced while further ingredients are added, traditionally including veal stock.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does espagnole come from?

From French (sauce) espagnole (“Spanish [sauce]”). Doublet of Española.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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