encontre

See also: encontré

Catalan

Noun

encontre m (plural encontres)

1. meet, meeting, meet-up

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/

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Noun

encontre m (uncountable)

1. Only used in à l’encontre de

Further reading

• “encontre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• écornent, encornet

Galician

Verb

encontre

1. inflection of encontrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Old French

Noun

encontre oblique singular, m (oblique plural encontres, nominative singular encontres, nominative plural encontre)

1. meeting (instance of meeting)
2. (by extension) battle; combat

Usage notes

• occasionally used as a feminine noun

  Circa 1371, livre du noble chevalier de Jean de Mandeville, Jean de Mandeville:

  Quand on les trouve, c'est bonne encontre

Preposition

encontre

1. opposite
2. against; opposing; contrary to

Verb

encontre

1. inflection of encontrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Portuguese

Verb

encontre

1. inflection of encontrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative