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Definition: RENCONTRE |
RENCONTRENoun1. Same as Rencounter, n. |
Date "RENCONTRE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Conflict, skirmish; rencounter, encounter; rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight; battle, battle royal; combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament; tilt, tilting; tournay, list; pitched battle. |
Contiguity | Noun: contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal, juxtaposition; abutment, osculation; meeting, appulse, rencontre, rencounter, syzygy, coincidence, coexistence; adhesion; touching; Verb: (see touch ). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: RENCONTRE |
| Non-English Usage: "RENCONTRE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (appointment, assignation, concourse, conference, confluence, date, encounter, encounters, fixture, get together, match, meeting, rendezvous). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rencontre (1968) À la rencontre de Jean-Sébastien Bach (1959) Rencontre Paris (1956) La Rencontre (1914) Rencontre avec le dragon (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | A la rencontre des Francais avec Jacques Chirac et le RPR.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rencontre | 236 | rencontre sex | 18 |
agence de rencontre | 96 | club rencontre | 14 |
site de rencontre | 89 | agence rencontre | 11 |
chat rencontre | 59 | rencontre site | 11 |
rencontre sexe | 58 | lesbian rencontre | 10 |
rencontre montreal | 49 | belgique rencontre | 10 |
rencontre femme | 41 | couple rencontre | 10 |
gratuit rencontre | 38 | dialogue rencontre | 10 |
rencontre quebec | 38 | 2000 rencontre | 9 |
announce rencontre | 38 | rencontre sexuelle | 8 |
coquine rencontre | 34 | rencontre mariage | 8 |
rencontre reseau | 34 | cam rencontre web | 7 |
amour rencontre | 32 | announce petites rencontre | 7 |
rencontre gay | 32 | club de rencontre sex | 7 |
club de rencontre | 29 | amoureuse rencontre | 7 |
rencontre amitie | 25 | announce rencontre sexe | 6 |
adulte rencontre | 23 | lorraine rencontre | 6 |
club internet rencontre | 21 | québec rencontre | 6 |
gratuite rencontre | 21 | de gratuit rencontre site | 6 |
rencontre libertine | 19 | femmes rencontre thailandaise | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "RENCONTRE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | takim i rastit (rencounter), dyluftim (duel, meeting, rencounter, tournament, tourney). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | срещам случайно (bump into, come across, fall in with, happen on, happen upon, meet up with, rub up against, run across, run against, run into), схватка (clash, encounter, rencounter, scuffle, skirmish), случайна среща (encounter), дуел (duel, encounter), двубой (duel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνάντηση (appointment, competition, encounter, fixture, meeting, rencounter, rendezvous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összecsapás (clash, collision, cope, encounter, rencounter, scrimmage, scrum, set-to, shock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | encontreray peleja (action, combat, game, joust, rencounter, scuffle, struggle, tussle), encontro casual (rencounter), encontro (abutment, appointment, chunking, clash, encounter, impact, meeting, rencounter, rendezvous), duelo (duel, encounter, rencounter), disputar (argue, Bicker, contest, disagree, dispute, fight, passage, put up with, quarrel, rencounter, run, spar), defrontar (confront, face, front, rencounter), combate (action, battle, brush, combat, engaging, fight, fighting, fray, joust, rencounter, scuffle, set to, struggle), chocar-se (rencounter). (various references) случайная встреча (rencounter), дуэль (duel, meeting, rencounter). (various references) sukob (affair, brush, clash, conflict, fray, jar), kob (fate, hap, portent), dvoboj (duel). (various references) entrar en choque (rencounter), encuentro casual (rencounter), encontrarse casualmente (rencounter). (various references) tillfälligt möte (rencounter). (various references) rastlama (encounter), düello (duel, single combat), çatışma (battle, brush, clash, coincidence, collision, conflict, disagreement, run in, scrimmage, skirmish), çarpışma (action, bump, clash, collision, combat, conflict, encounter, engagement, foul, impact, scrimmage, scrum, scrummage, set to, skirmish, smash, smash up). (various references) сутичка (affair, affront, bump, bustle, clash, collision, conflict, encounter, fight, fighting, fray, impingement, jostle, mix in, rencounter, scramble, scrimmage, scrummage, shock, skirmish, tilt), дуель (duel, encounter, rencounter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RENCONTRE": rencontres. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "RENCONTRE" (pronounced 'Ren*con"tre'): Antre, Aplustre, Arrastre, Aventre, Dioptre, Divinistre, Estre, goiter, goitre, Idolastre, Montre, Petre, Piastre, Quatre, Terrestre. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-n-n-o-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: cretonne. | |
-2 letters: centner, enteron, erector, tenoner. | |
-3 letters: cenote, center, centre, conner, corner, cornet, encore, nocent, recent, rector, rennet, renter, retore, retorn, tenner, tenrec, tonner. | |
-4 letters: cento, conte, corer, crone, crore, enter, erect, nonce, nonet, noter, recon, recto, rente, retro, tenon, tenor, terce, terne, toner, tonne, treen, trone. | |
-5 letters: cent, cere, cero, cete, cone, conn, core. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-n-n-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: rencontres, rencounter. | |
+2 letters: archenteron, contravener, cornerstone, nonsecretor, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reencounter, rencounters. | |
+3 letters: archenterons, contraveners, cornerstones, countertenor, countertrend, interconvert, nonrecurrent, nonsecretors, nonsecretory, reconnoiters, reconnoitred, reconnoitres, reconverting, reencounters, remonstrance, rencountered. | |
+4 letters: correspondent, countersniper, countertenors, countertrends, incorrectness, interconverts, interelectron, nonrestricted, nonretractile, preconcerting, reconcentrate, reconnoitered, reencountered, reinforcement, remonstrances, rencountering. | |
+5 letters: contrarinesses, correspondents, countercurrent, counterpuncher, countersnipers, interconverted, neurosecretion, nitroglycerine, nonintercourse, nonrestrictive, nonretroactive, nonsecretories, reconcentrated, reconcentrates, reconnoitering, reconsecrating, reconsecration, reencountering, reinforcements, serotoninergic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 4E 43 4F 4E 54 52 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -. -.-. --- -. - .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01001110 01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E N C O N T R E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 004E 0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523948374948545239 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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