tenche
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛnt͡ʃ(ə)/
Noun
tenche (plural tenches or tench)
- 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 7 September 2018.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin tinca.
Noun
tenche oblique singular, f (oblique plural tenches, nominative singular tenche, nominative plural tenches)
- tench (fish)