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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tenca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tenca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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

Tenca

Etymology

From Latin tinca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽkɐ

Noun

tenca f (plural tencas)

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

Further reading

• “tenca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tenca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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)
2. Chilean mockingbird (Mimus thenca)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 258:

     Cuando la tenca canta con la cola vuelta hacia una casa, sus moradores deben esperar carta o dinero.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tenca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10