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English
Etymology
From Middle French rencontre.
Noun
rencontre (plural rencontres)
- (now rare) A chance or unexpected meeting or encounter.
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Rob Roy. , volume I, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 165:In the entrance hall I was somewhat surprised, and my fair companion still more so, when we met Rashleigh Osbaldistone, who could not help shewing equal wonder at our rencontre.
1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter IV, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 52:Mr. Gadsden hesitated, jealous and scrupulous now in his actions where ladies were concerned, and more especially anxious on that day that the two circumstances, the rencontre of the morning and the visit of the evening, should not be coupled together by the Northington people.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair , London: Bradbury and Evans , published 1848, →OCLC:Fancy our late monarch George III when he heard of the revolt of the North American colonies: fancy brazen Goliath when little David stepped forward and claimed a meeting; and you have the feelings of Mr. Reginald Cuff when this rencontre was proposed to him.
Verb
rencontre (third-person singular simple present rencontres, present participle rencontring, simple past and past participle rencontred)
- Obsolete form of rencounter.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
rencontre f (plural rencontres)
- encounter
- J'ai fait la rencontre d'un ami aujourd'hui par hasard dans la rue. -- Today, I encountered a friend by chance in the street.
- meeting
- Il y a parfois des rencontres entre contributeurs du projet -- There are sometimes meetings between contributors to the project.
- fixture
- Il y a des rencontres de handball toutes les semaines dans ce stade -- there are handball fixtures every week in this stadium.
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
rencontre
- inflection of rencontrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
rencontre m (plural rencontres)
- meeting