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tench

/tɛnt͡ʃ/

tench noun: a species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

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

tench (plural tench or tenches)

  1. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

Noun (2)

tench (plural tenches)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A penitentiary.

Proper noun capitalized: Tench

Tench

  1. A surname.

tench meaning in Tamil

tench in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of tench

pluraltench
pluraltenches

Plural of tench: tench or tenches

Origin of tench

From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

Contraction.

Words formed from tench

Words that rhyme with tench

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Questions about tench

What does tench mean?
Tench means a species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
What is tench in Tamil?
Tench in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Tench meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tench?
Tench can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tench?
Tench is pronounced /tɛnt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of tench?
The plural of tench is tench.

Words near tench in the dictionary

  1. Tenbury
  2. Tenbury Wells
  3. Tenby
  4. Tenby Point
  5. tencephalon
  6. tench
  7. tencha
  8. tenches
  9. Tencza
  10. Tenczas
  11. tend

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tench (page history and authors); Tench (page history and authors); tench (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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