tench

UK: /tɛntʃ/ US: (tench)

Inflections of 'tench' (n):

tenches

npl (All usages)

tench

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "The fishermen are fishing for tench.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tench (tench), n., pl. tench•es, (esp. collectively) tench. 

1. Fish a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.

• Late Latin tinca
• Middle French, Old French
• Middle English tenche 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

tench / tɛntʃ/ noun

1. a European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Tinca tinca, having a thickset dark greenish body with a barbel at each side of the mouth

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca