rencontre

American  

[ren-kon-ter, rahn-kawn-tr^uh] / rɛnˈkɒn tər, rɑ̃ˈkɔ̃ trə /

noun

PLURAL

rencontres

1. rencounter.

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Etymology

Origin of rencontre

From French

Example Sentences

Patricia Kelly opened a 1948 program from Les Ballets des Champs-Elysees, where her husband first saw Caron in “La Rencontre” as the Sphinx.

From Los Angeles Times

In an extraordinary passage, Silvio recalls that his adversary was late for their rencontre.

From Washington Post

Pour commencer, j'ai rencontré il y a quelques années l'homme de ma vie , le père de notre fils et du bébé que nous attendons aujourd'hui.

From The Guardian

Come the evening before the actual “rencontre,” at least one of the duelists, either racked with fearful misgivings or maintaining a languid sang-froid, will have settled his affairs so that he can spend what may be his last hours composing a letter to a beloved wife or mistress.

From Washington Post

After the unlikely rencontre, Hidalgo’s people insisted – a little too vigorously, I thought – that the two had got along just swimmingly, or as Boris might have put it in his deliberately cod French: comme une maison en feu.

From The Guardian