bechamel
Portuguese, noun
bechamel is spelled B-E-C-H-A-M-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bechamel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of molho bechamel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, béchamel is a different word: “alternative spelling of bechamel”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molho feito com manteiga, farinha, leite, fatias de presunto, gordura de vitela e temperado com legumes e…”.
What does bechamel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of molho bechamel
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of bechamel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molho feito com manteiga, farinha, leite, fatias de presunto, gordura de vitela e temperado com legumes e especiarias
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bechamel
- bechaméis plural
- béchamel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bechamel in Portuguese?
bechamel appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).