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tenca

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin tinca.

Noun

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tenca f (plural tenques)

  1. tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)

Etymology 2

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Probably alteration of penca.

Noun

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tenca f (plural tenques)

  1. slice (e.g. of bacon)
  2. cork board

Further reading

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Late Latin tinca, probably from Gaulish.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tenca f (plural tencas)

  1. tench (Tinca tinca)

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tenca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin tinca.

Noun

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tenca f (plural tencas)

  1. (Gascony, Provençal) tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)

Portuguese

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Tenca

Etymology

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From Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tenca f (plural tencas)

  1. tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtenka/ [ˈt̪ẽŋ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -enka
  • Syllabification: ten‧ca

Noun

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tenca f (plural tencas)

  1. tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)

Further reading

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