name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/tɛnt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -ɛntʃ
CMU ARPABET:T EH1 N CH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A penitentiary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tinca tinca
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cyprinid, cyprinid fish
History
Etymology
From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.
Contraction.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
tinkë
— species of freshwater game fish
Albanian:
linë
— species of freshwater game fish
Albanian:
linjak
— species of freshwater game fish
Basque:
tenka
— species of freshwater game fish
Bulgarian:
лин
(lin)
— species of freshwater game fish
Catalan:
tenca
— species of freshwater game fish
Chinese Mandarin:
丁鱖 /丁鳜
— species of freshwater game fish
Czech:
lín
— species of freshwater game fish
Danish:
suder
— species of freshwater game fish
Dutch:
zeelt
— species of freshwater game fish
Dutch:
louw
— species of freshwater game fish
Erzya:
тутко
(tutko)
— species of freshwater game fish
Esperanto:
tinko
— species of freshwater game fish
Estonian:
linask
— species of freshwater game fish
Finnish:
suutari
— species of freshwater game fish
French:
tanche
— species of freshwater game fish
West-Frisian:
mûdhûn
— species of freshwater game fish
Galician:
tenca
— species of freshwater game fish
German:
Schleie
— species of freshwater game fish
Greek:
κυπρίνος
(kyprínos)
— species of freshwater game fish
Hungarian:
compó
— species of freshwater game fish
Ido:
tencho
— species of freshwater game fish
Ingrian:
hepokala
— species of freshwater game fish
Irish:
cúramán
— species of freshwater game fish
Italian:
tinca
— species of freshwater game fish
Japanese:
テンチ
(tenchi)
— species of freshwater game fish
Latgalian:
leiņs
— species of freshwater game fish
Latin:
tinca
— species of freshwater game fish
Latvian:
līnis
— species of freshwater game fish
Luxembourgish:
Schlei
— species of freshwater game fish
Middle English:
tenche
— species of freshwater game fish
Mongolian:
үхэрдэй
(üxerdej)
— species of freshwater game fish
Norman:
tanche
— species of freshwater game fish
Polish:
lin
— species of freshwater game fish
Polish:
oczeretniak
— species of freshwater game fish
Portuguese:
tenca
— species of freshwater game fish
Russian:
линь
(linʹ)
— species of freshwater game fish
Serbo-Croatian:
linjak
— species of freshwater game fish
Slovak:
lieň
— species of freshwater game fish
Southern Altai:
кара балык
(kara balïk)
— species of freshwater game fish
Spanish:
tenca
— species of freshwater game fish
Sudovian:
līnis
— species of freshwater game fish
Swedish:
sutare
— species of freshwater game fish
Turkish:
kadife balığı
— species of freshwater game fish
Ottoman Turkish:
كلیز بالغی
(kiliz balığı)
— species of freshwater game fish
Ukrainian:
лин
(lyn)
— species of freshwater game fish
Welsh:
ysgreten
— species of freshwater game fish
Yiddish:
שלעיין
(shlayen)
— species of freshwater game fish