béarnaise
French, noun/be.aʁ.nɛz/
béarnaise is spelled B-É-A-R-N-A-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Béarnaise is a French feminine noun meaning “béarnaise sauce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of béarnais. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préparation à base de beurre, de jaune d’œuf, d’échalote et d’estragon, servie pour relever les viandes”.
What does béarnaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebéarnaise sauce
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of béarnais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Préparation à base de beurre, de jaune d’œuf, d’échalote et d’estragon, servie pour relever les viandes.
noun: 1. Race mixte (lait et viande) de taurin, originaire de France (Béarn), à grandes cornes, à robe froment unie, à faible effectif.
adjective: 1. Ellipse de à la béarnaise : Servi avec une sauce béarnaise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of béarnaise
- béarnaises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce béarnaise?
- /be.aʁ.nɛz/
- \be.aʁ.nɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is béarnaise in French?
béarnaise appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).