encounter

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
2. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
3. (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
4. (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
5. (India, euphemistic, transitive) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.

Noun

1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
3. A match between two opposing sides.
4. A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
5. The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
6. (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.

Concepts

rencontrer

rencontre

trouver

🔍

recontrer

abord

parvenir

atteindre

frapper

croiser

se rencontrer

repérer

réunion

accrochage

💥

escarmouche

combat

réunir

se réunir

saisir

se trouver

se voir

voir

👀

affrontement

il a trouvé

se heurter à

confrontation

échaffourée

confronter

découvrir

jeu

jouer

présenter

rassembler

recevoir

reconnaître

rejoindre

conflit

représenter

se rassembler

Synonymes

meet

come across

meeting

find

🔍

see

👀

face

run into

run across

confront

fight

combat

meet with

clash

hit

skirmish

strike

catch

battle

run up against

attain

score

get

experience

conflict

discover

oppose

attack

👊

meet by chance

chance meeting

engagement

brush

rendezvous

come upon

confrontation

achieve

struggle

take on

war

come up against

happen upon

play

reach

coming upon

bump into

arrive at

accomplish

face-off

collide

stumble upon

breast

succeed

stub

bump

contact

dare

scuffle

be confronted with

receive

greet

smack

cross

come in contact

showdown

beat

manage

withstand

resist

wallop

knock

collision

💥

seeing

taste

percussion

reception

relation

relationship

rencounter

reveal

riot

rough-and-tumble

round

run

run-in

scald

seize

shock

⚡

sink

snatch

spot

squabble

stand up

strife

suffer

surging

swat

tap

touch

trap

🪤

tryst

tussle

undergo

understanding

visit

weather

fight against

go to meet

scout out

set to

stumble on

bumping of heads

running into someone

rencontre

access

find by chance

face danger

take adventure

take the risk

advance towards

come up on

meet in a hostile manner

seek as an opponent

happen c chance c bump

have contact with

engagment

find ''found

found''

acceptance

get together with

accession

acquaintance

admission

admittance

affray

affront

apprehend

approach

arrive

assail

assemble

ballistic

bang

batter

bore

broach

burst

captivate

capture

challenge

chance

🎲

clash with

clutch

communicate

competition

confiscate

connect

connection

contest

cope

cope with

correspond

counter

dash

💨

deal

deal with

discern

effect

entrance

entry

envisage

face up

facing

fall in

familiarity

fray

front

gathering

get together

get-together

go

go against

grab

grapple

grasp

grip

happen

impact

impinge

impulse

impulsive force

incidence

incur

interrelation

join

knock against

landing

lash

nab

notice

perceive

Traductions

encuentro

incontrare

treffen

treffen

incontro

ontmoeten

Begegnung

encontrar

tegenkomen

inslaan

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈkaʊntə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: encountren

In summary

From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”).