Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en bea

synonym of bearnaisesås (“béarnaise sauce”), synonym of falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”)/²beːa/

Meaning

synonym of bearnaisesås (“béarnaise sauce”); synonym of falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”)

Forms

Forms of bea
Singular, indefiniteen bea
Singular, definitebean
Plural, indefinitebeor
Plural, definitebeorna

bea is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor bea, den stora bean. Check another noun

Practise bea

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Is it en bea or ett bea?

bea in a sentence

  • en pizza med bea
    a pizza with béarnaise

Questions

What does bea mean in English?

bea means “synonym of bearnaisesås (“béarnaise sauce”), synonym of falsk bearnaisesås (“faux béarnaise sauce”)”.

Is it en bea or ett bea?

It is en bea, and “the synonym of bearnaisesås” is bean.

What is the plural of bea?

The plural of bea is beor, and the definite plural is beorna.

Origin

Clipping of bearnaisesås, itself from French béarnaise + sås.

Nearby common words

bea is number 3,618 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary