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

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

Soon after her rencontre with the Swedish vessel, it was said that two English frigates chased off the southern coast an American sloop-of-war, and while in pursuit were struck with a heavy squall.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

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

Aussi on le rencontre non-seulement sur les rivages de toutes les mers, même de la Baltique, mais encore aux bords des lacs salés, tels que celui de Mannsfeld, en Saxe.

From On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera by Wollaston, Thomas Vernon