tenche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tench, tenge, tenych, tensche

Etymology

From Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛntʃ(ə)/

Noun

tenche (plural tenches or tench)

1. The tench (Tinca tinca) or a similar fish.

Descendants

• English: tench

References

• “tench (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-07.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• tanche
• tenke

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl]  tinca.

Noun

tenche oblique singular, f (oblique plural tenches, nominative singular tenche, nominative plural tenches)

1. tench (fish)

Descendants

• → English: tench
• French: tanche