rencontre

American  

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

noun

rencontres plural

1. rencounter.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• rencontres
  plural

Etymology

Origin of rencontre

From French

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

rencontre rencontres

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

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2017

This was in New York bay, where yachts, sailboats, rowboats, tugs, scows interfered with the decorum of such rencontre.

From Time Magazine Archive

Conflagration.—Comparison of the two islands.—A rencontre at sea.—Trade-wind.—Christmas at sea.—"A man overboard."—Cingalese canoe.—Arrival at Pont de Galle, in Ceylon.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Yonder, as I said, comes the Princess with Aurelia.—Do you make use of this accidental rencontre.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

With our subsequent rencontre at Sir John's, you are already acquainted.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia

The Expos themselves have been missing in action, losing about 90 of 162 rencontres each season.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no risk of such rencontres in Dauphiny, whose valleys remain in almost as primitive a state as they were hundreds of years ago.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel

Here in old days 'satisfaction' was given and taken; and a satirical medico declared that forty years of rencontres had not produced a single casualty.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

This determination was hastened by several rencontres which had taken place in the outlying districts.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

How curious are these strange rencontres in life!

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin