tenca

See also: ténca

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tinca.

Noun

tenca f (plural tenques)

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

Etymology 2

Probably alteration of penca.

Noun

tenca f (plural tenques)

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

Further reading

• “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.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin tinca, probably from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteŋka̝/

Noun

tenca f (plural tencas)

1. tench (Tinca tinca)

References

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin tinca.

Noun

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.kɐ/

Noun

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

Further reading

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