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Definition of rencontre
1 : a hostile meeting or a contest between forces or individuals : combat
2 : a casual meeting
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Recent Examples of rencontre from the Web
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Her work will be unveiled for the first time next week, in an exhibition at the annual Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in France.
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Charlotte Casiraghi is leading the Rencontres, which was organized at l’Institut Océanographique de Paris (this, in turn, was founded by Casiraghi’s great great great grandfather, Albert I of Monaco).
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Charlotte Casiraghi is leading the Rencontres, which was organized at l’Institut Océanographique de Paris (this, in turn, was founded by Casiraghi’s great great great grandfather, Albert I of Monaco).
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Origin and Etymology of rencontre
rencounter from Middle French rencontre, from rencontrer; rencontre from French
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