tench

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English

Etymology

From Old French tenche < Late Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛnt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Noun

tench (plural tench or tenches)

1. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

Translations

species of freshwater game fish

• Czech: lín (cs) m
• Danish: suder (da) c
• Dutch: zeelt (nl)
• Esperanto: tinko (eo)
• Estonian: linask (et)
• Finnish: suutari (fi)
• French: tanche (fr)
• German: Schleie (de) f
• Ido: tencho (io)

• Italian: tinca (it)
• Jèrriais: tanche f
• Luxembourgish: Schlei (lb) f
• Polish: lin (pl) m
• Portuguese: tenca (pt)
• Russian: линь (ru) (lin') m
• Swedish: sutare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: лин (uk) (lyn)
• West Frisian: mûdhûn

Adjective

tench (comparative more tench, superlative most tench)

1. (slang) excellent performance in a tense situation.