how to pronounce béchamel

/be.ʃa.mɛl/

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béchamel is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of béchamel

noun:

Béchamel sauce; Ellipsis of sauce béchamel.

béchamel frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word béchamel occurs in french on average 4.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.