tench

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛnt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɛntʃ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca. ==== Noun ==== tench (plural tench or tenches) A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “tench”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 2 === Contraction. ==== Noun ==== tench (plural tenches) (UK, slang, obsolete) A penitentiary. ===== References ===== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary