tenca
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Tenca
See also: ténca
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
tenca f (plural tenques)
- tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)
Etymology 2
Probably alteration of penca.
Noun
tenca f (plural tenques)
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.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tenca f (plural tencas)
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
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tenca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
tenca f (plural tencas)
- (Gascony, Provençal) tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽkɐ
Noun
tenca f (plural tencas)
- 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
Pronunciation
Noun
tenca f (plural tencas)
- tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)
Further reading
- “tenca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28