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rencontres

rencontres is the plural of rencontre.

Meaning of rencontre

Noun

rencontre (plural rencontres)

  1. (archaic) A chance or unexpected meeting or encounter.
    • 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.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...

Forms of rencontres

alternative formrencountress

Questions about rencontres

What is rencontres the plural of?
Rencontres is the plural of rencontre.

Words near rencontres in the dictionary

  1. Rencher
  2. Renchers
  3. rencontre
  4. Rencontre East
  5. rencontred
  6. rencontres
  7. rencontring
  8. rencounter
  9. rencountered
  10. rencountering
  11. rencounters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rencontres (page history and authors); rencontre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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