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English word encounter comes from French rencontre (Encounter. Fixture. Meeting.)
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rencontre (French)
Encounter. Fixture. Meeting.
encontre (Old French)
(by extension) battle; combat. Meeting (instance of meeting) Against; opposing; contrary to. Opposite.
encontrer (Old French)
(by extension) to meet in battle; to combat. To meet; to encounter.
encountrer (Anglo-Norman)
encountren (Middle English)
encounter (English)
(sports) A match between two opposing sides.. A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.. A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.. An unplanned or unexpected meeting. (ambitransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.