tenca

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtəŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈteŋ.ka]

Inherited from Latin tinca.

tenca f (plural tenques)

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

Probably alteration of penca.

tenca f (plural tenques)

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

• “tenca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tenca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tenca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈteŋka̝/

tenca f (plural tencas)

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

• “tenca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tenca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

• tanca (Gascony)
• tencha (Limousin)
• tenga (Gascony)

From Latin tinca.

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

From Latin tinca.

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

From Latin tinca.

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

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

• “tenca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014