tench
See also: Tench
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tɛnt͡ʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntʃ
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.
Noun
edittench (plural tench or tenches)
- A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
Translations
editspecies of freshwater game fish
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Further reading
edit- “tench”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2
editContraction.
Noun
edittench (plural tenches)
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A penitentiary.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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